Soft-furred rat

Soft-furred rat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Millardia
Species:
M. meltada
Binomial name
Millardia meltada
(Gray, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Golunda meltada Gray, 1837
  • Mus comberi Wroughton, 1907
  • Mus lanuginosus Elliot, 1839
  • Mus listoni Wroughton, 1907
  • Rattus meltada ssp. meltada(Gray, 1837)
  • Rattus meltada ssp. pallidor(Ryley, 1914)

The soft-furred rat (Millardia meltada), or soft-furred metad, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to South Asia.

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