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BPBM 60829Vertebrate Zoology
Melomys rufescens
Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat, Slender Mosaic-tailed Rat
As recorded: Melomys rufescens (Alston, 1877)
Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Muridae
- Collected by
- M Nadchatram & A B MirzaA.B. Mirza →M. Nadchatram →
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- Murmur Pass, vic. Tambul
- Region
- Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- -5.8215, 144.0011
- Identified by
- A C Ziegler / confirmed by K M Helgen, 2007confirmed by K.M. Helgen →Alan C. Ziegler →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Cite this specimen
Melomys rufescens. BPBM 60829. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93659242. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/60829.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 93659242 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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