Melomys Muridae . It contains the following species:
Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys aerosus )Rossel Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys arcium ) Bannister's rat (Melomys bannisteri )Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys bougainville )Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys burtoni )Cape York mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys capensis ) Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cervinipes )Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys cooperae )Dollman's mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys dollmani ) Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fraterculus )Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys frigicola )Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys fulgens )Riama mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys howi )White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys leucogaster )Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys lutillus )Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys matambuai )Obi mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys obiensis )Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys paveli )Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola )† - The Bramble Cay melomys was considered the only mammal endemic to the Great Barrier Reef . It became extinct in 2016, the first documented extinction of a mammal species due to man-made climate change. Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rufescens )Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys spechti )Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys caurinus )Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys talaudium )
