Grassland mosaic-tailed rat

Grassland mosaic-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Melomys
Species:	M. burtoni
Binomial name
Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887)

The grassland mosaic-tailed rat, or grassland melomys (Melomys burtoni), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. In Australia it is found along the northern coast from Kimberley to New South Wales.

References

1. Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Helgen, K., Winter, J., Ellis, M. & Burbidge, A. (2008). Pseudocheirus occidentalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 10 October 2008.)

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.