Species profile—Uromys hadrourus (masked white-tailed rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Uromys hadrourus (masked white-tailed rat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Uromys hadrourus (Winter, 1984)
- Common name
- masked white-tailed rat
- Type reference
- Winter, J.W. (1984). The Thornton Peak Melomys, Melomys hadrourus (Rodentia: Muridae): a new rainforest species from north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Mem. Qld. Mus. 21: 519-539.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 722
- Synonym(s)
- Melomys hadrourus
- Alternate name(s)
- Thornton Peak uromys
Thornton Peak melomys
Thornton Peak rat - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=722.
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
