Lowland mosaic-tailed rat
(Redirected from Melomys platyops)
| Lowland mosaic-tailed rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Paramelomys |
| Species: | P. platyops
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| Binomial name | |
| Paramelomys platyops (Thomas, 1906)
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The lowland mosaic-tailed rat (Paramelomys platyops) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ Wright, D.; Singadan, R.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Helgen, K.; James, R.; Flannery, T.; Aplin, K. (2008). "Paramelomys platyops". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13129A3412255. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13129A3412255.en.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1433. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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