The black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of New Guinea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Melomys |
| Species: | M. rufescens
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| Melomys rufescens (Alston, 1877)
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Names
editIt is known as alks in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
edit- ^ Wright, D.; Singadan, R.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Melomys rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13133A3412794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13133A3412794.en.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Melomys gracilis[permanent dead link]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- 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. 1380. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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