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Snow Mountains Grassland Melomys
Melomys frigicola
The Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys frigicola), also known as the Snow Mountains grassland melomys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the mountainous west part of the island of New Guinea where its range extends from Lake Habbema to the Baliem Valley, in Papua Province, Indonesia. It is present at altitudes of between 1,600 and 2,200 metres (5,200 and 7,200 ft) above sea level. It is found in grassland...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 74564.