Grassland mosaic-tailed rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Melomys
Species:	M. burtoni
Binomial name
Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887)

Thegrassland mosaic-tailed rat, orgrassland melomys (Melomys burtoni), is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae. It is found inAustralia andPapua New Guinea. In Australia it is found along the northern coast from Kimberley to New South Wales. In the Top End it is often found inPandanus (P. spiralis).Kunwinjku of westernArnhem Land call this animalmulbbu.^[2]

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005)."Superfamily Muroidea". InWilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1375.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.

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