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

1. ^ ^{a b c} Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Wright, D., Allison, A. & Aplin, K. (2008). Melomys bannisteri. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 January 2009.
2. ^ Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001498.