| Melomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent
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| Melomys cervinipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Melomys Thomas, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Uromys rufescens[1] | |
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Melomys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. Members of this genus live in the wet habitats of northern Australia (Far North Queensland), New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands and islands of the Indonesian archipelago.[2][3]
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Breed, Bill; Ford, Fred (2007). Native Mice and Rats. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-0-643-09166-5.
- ^ "A new species of Melomys (Rodentia, Muridae) From Yamdena Island, Tanimbar Group, Eastern Indonesia". Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 21 February 2019.