Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat

Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Mammelomys
Species:	M. lanosus
Binomial name
Mammelomys lanosus (Thomas, 1922)
Synonyms
Melomys lanosusThomas, 1922

The large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (Mammelomys lanosus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Mammelomys lanosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T13122A22432381. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13122A22432381.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.

• 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. 1358. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.