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Bramble Cay Melomys

Melomys rubicola

Classification

Family
Muridae

The Bramble Cay melomys, or Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola), is a recently extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae and subfamily Murinae. It was an endemic species of the isolated Bramble Cay, a low-lying vegetated coral cay with a habitable area of approximately 5 acres (2. 0 ha) located at the northern tip of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Distribution

(c) Ian Bell, EHP, State of Queensland, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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