Melomys
| Melomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent | |
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| Melomys cervinipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Melomys Thomas, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Uromys rufescens | |
| Species | |
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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.