Melomys

Melomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Melomys cervinipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Melomys Thomas, 1922
Species
Melomys aerosus Melomys arcium Melomys bannisteri Melomys bougainville Melomys burtoni Melomys capensis Melomys caurinus Melomys cervinipes Melomys cooperae Melomys dollmani Melomys fraterculus Melomys frigicola Melomys fulgens Melomys howi Melomys leucogaster Melomys lutillus Melomys matambuai Melomys obiensis Melomys paveli †Melomys rubicola Melomys rufescens Melomys spechti Melomys talaudium

Melomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:

• Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys aerosus)
• Rossel Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys arcium)
• Bannister's rat (Melomys bannisteri)
• Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville)
• Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys burtoni)
• Cape York mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys capensis)
• Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes)
• Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cooperae)
• Dollman's mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys dollmani)
• Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fraterculus)
• Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys frigicola)
• Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fulgens)
• Riama mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys howi)
• White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys leucogaster)
• Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys lutillus)
• Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys matambuai)
• Obi mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys obiensis)
• Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys paveli)
• Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola)† - The Bramble Cay melomys was considered the only mammal endemic to the Great Barrier Reef. It became extinct in 2016, the first documented extinction of a mammal species due to man-made climate change.
• Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rufescens)
• Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys spechti)
• Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys caurinus)
• Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys talaudium)

References

• 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.