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Stumble this page!Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Melomys rubicola
The Bramble cay mosaic-tailed rat is listed as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Bramble Cay mosaictailed rat
A young / baby of a Bramble Cay mosaictailed rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Bramble Cay mosaictailed rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Australia
Facts about the Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat
Bramble Cay Mosaic-Tailed Rat or Melomys rubicola is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to B1+2e. (Full text)
Bramble cay mosaic-tailed rats are generally golden in colour with a white underbelly. (Full text)
The critically endangered Bramble Cay melomys (Melomys rubicola) is known only from a vegetated cay located 50 km from New Guinea. (Full text)
1. bramble -- (any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines)bramble
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