Species profile—Melomys burtoni (grassland melomys)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Melomys burtoni (grassland melomys)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887)
- Common name
- grassland melomys
- WildNet taxon ID
- 772
- Synonym(s)
- Melomys australis
Melomys murinus
Melomys mixtus
Melomys melicus
Melomys littoralis
Melomys callopes - Alternate name(s)
- small mosaic-tailed rat
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=772.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
