The Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
| Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Melomys |
| Species: | M. bougainville
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| Binomial name | |
| Melomys bougainville Troughton, 1936
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It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
References
edit- ^ Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Melomys bougainville". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13115A22420453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13115A22420453.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1375. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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