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Species profile—Melomys burtoni (grassland melomys)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Melomys burtoni (grassland melomys)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Muridae (rats and mice)
Scientific name
Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887)
Common name
grassland melomys
WildNet taxon ID
772
Synonym(s)
Melomys australis
Melomys murinus
Melomys mixtus
Melomys melicus
Melomys littoralis
Melomys callopes
Alternate name(s)
small mosaic-tailed rat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Disease Vector

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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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=772

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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