Melomys
Melomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. Members of this genus live in the wet habitats of northern Australia, New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands and islands of the Indonesian archipelago.
Species
The genus contains the following species:- Dusky mosaic-tailed rat
- Rossel Island mosaic-tailed rat
- Bannister's rat
- Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat
- Grassland mosaic-tailed rat
- Cape York mosaic-tailed rat
- Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat
- Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat
- Dollman's mosaic-tailed rat
- Manusela mosaic-tailed rat
- Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat
- Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat
- Riama mosaic-tailed rat
- White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat
- Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat
- Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat
- Obi mosaic-tailed rat
- Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat
- †Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat – considered the only mammal endemic to the Great Barrier Reef and represents the first documented mammal extinction due to climate change
- Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat
- Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat
- Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat