Large mosaic-tailed rat

Mammelomys rattoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mammelomys
Species: M. rattoides
Binomial name
Mammelomys rattoides
(Thomas, 1922)
Synonyms

Melomys rattoides Thomas, 1922

The large mosaic-tailed rat (Mammelomys rattoides) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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