The Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae and the genus Melomys, the mosaic-tailed rats. It was described by Troughton in 1936 in the Records of the Australian Museum, and Wikipedia states that it is found only in Papua New Guinea. The IUCN assessment relayed through GBIF lists it as Data Deficient. The sources read give no description of its size, habitat, diet or breeding, so this entry is limited to its classification, its authority, its country of occurrence and its assessed status rather than guessing at anything further.
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It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
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1. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Melomys bougainville in GBIF
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threatStatus: DATA_DEFICIENT
Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Wikipedia)
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It is found only in Papua New Guinea.
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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