Bannister's rat

Bannister's rat
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Melomys
Species:	M. bannisteri
Binomial name
	Melomys bannisteri; Kitchener & Maryanto, 1993

Bannister's rat, or great Key Island mosaic-tailed rat, or great Key Island melomys[2] or great Kai Island melomys[1] (Melomys bannisteri) is a species of rodent of the genus Melomys. It is endemic to the Kai Besar, one of the islands which are part of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.[1]

References

Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Wright, D.; Allison, A. & Aplin, K. (2008). "Melomys bannisteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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.

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[iucn-1] Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Wright, D.; Allison, A. & Aplin, K. (2008). "Melomys bannisteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[msw3-2] 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.