Melomys Temporal range:
Pleistocene to recent
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Melomys cervinipes | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: |
Melomys Thomas, 1922 |
Type species | |
Uromys rufescens
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Species | |
See text |
Melomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. Members of this genus live in the wet habitats of northern Australia ( Far North Queensland), New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands and islands of the Indonesian archipelago. [2] [3]
The genus contains the following species:
Melomys Temporal range:
Pleistocene to recent
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![]() | |
Melomys cervinipes | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: |
Melomys Thomas, 1922 |
Type species | |
Uromys rufescens
[1] | |
Species | |
See text |
Melomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. Members of this genus live in the wet habitats of northern Australia ( Far North Queensland), New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands and islands of the Indonesian archipelago. [2] [3]
The genus contains the following species: