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Stumble this page!Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Melomys fellowsi
The Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the redbellied mosaictailed rat
A young / baby of a redbellied mosaictailed rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A redbellied mosaictailed rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Papua New Guinea
Facts about the red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat
Melomys fellowsi is removed to another new genus. (Full text)