| Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Melomys |
| Species: | M. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Melomys rufescens (Alston, 1877) | |
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The black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat or black-tailed melomys (Melomys rufescens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found through much of New Guinea and also on some nearby islands, namely Salawati and Misool (Indonesia), and the Bismarck Archipelago (including New Britain and New Ireland).
Names
It is known as alks in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.
Habitat
This species is common in disturbed habitat and in primary forest at elevations up to 2,400 m (7,900 ft) above sea level. It is largely arboreal.
References
- ^ Wright, D.; Singadan, R.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Helgen, K. (2017) . "Melomys rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13133A115109431. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13133A22421917.en. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
- 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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| Melomys rufescens | |
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