The Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fraterculus) is a rodent in the family Muridae that is endemic to the rainforests of Seram, an island of Indonesia. Wikipedia gives its weight as about 66.5 grams, with a head and body length of 118 to 135 millimetres and a tail length of 126 to 140 millimetres. The Mammal Diversity Database records that O. Thomas described it in 1920 from Mount Manusela at about 1,829 metres, places it in the tribe Hydromyini with the other Australasian murids, lists the alternative name Manusela melomys, and gives its IUCN Red List status as Endangered.
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It is endemic to the rainforests of Seram in Indonesia.
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It is endemic to the rainforests of Seram in Indonesia.
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is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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It is endemic to the rainforests of Seram in Indonesia.
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