Dollman's melomys

Dollman's melomys (Melomys dollmani) is a rodent of the family Muridae found in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea, at elevations of at least 1,200 metres and on the slopes of Mount Hagen and Mount Sisa. It is not recorded east of the Okapa area. An arboreal animal, it occurs in montane secondary and degraded forest and prefers moist tropical conditions. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat, and it is often listed under the synonym Melomys gracilis. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as least concern because of its wide range, the lack of known threats and its tolerance of disturbance to its habitat. The sourced account of this species is short, and little else about its biology is documented in the reference used.