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Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys aerosus)
  • Rossel Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys arcium)
  • Bannister's rat (Melomys bannisteri)
  • Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville)
  • Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys burtoni)
  • Cape York mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys capensis)
  • Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys caurinus)
  • Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes)
  • Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cooperae)
  • Dollman's mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys dollmani)
  • Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fraterculus)
  • Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys frigicola)
  • Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fulgens)
  • Riama mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys howi)
  • White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys leucogaster)
  • Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys lutillus)
  • Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys matambuai)
  • Obi mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys obiensis)
  • Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys paveli)
  • †Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola) – considered the only mammal endemic to the Great Barrier Reef and represents the first documented mammal extinction (2016, confirmed 2019) due to climate change
  • Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rufescens)
  • Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys spechti)
  • Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys talaudium)

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