The fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat, or fawn-footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found along eastern coastal regions of Australia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Fawn-footed Melomys being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Melomys burtoni
- Ototylomys phyllotis
- Rattus exulans
- Uromys caudimaculatus
- Rattus tunneyi
- Nyctomys sumichrasti
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Melomys
- Species
- Melomys cervinipes
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