The grassland mosaic-tailed rat, or grassland melomys (''Melomys burtoni''), is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

in the family Muridae. It is found in Australia and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. In Australia it is found along the northern coast from Kimberley to New South Wales. In the Top End it is often found in '' Pandanus'' ( ''P. spiralis'').

Kunwinjku The Kunwinjku (formerly written Gunwinggu) people are an Australian Aboriginal people, one of several groups within the Bininj people, who live around West Arnhem Land to the east of Darwin, Northern Territory. Kunwinjku people generally refer t ...

of western Arnhem Land call this animal ''mulbbu''.

References

* Melomys Mammals of Western Australia Mammals of the Northern Territory Mammals of New South Wales Mammals of Queensland Rodents of Australia Taxa named by Edward Pierson Ramsay Mammals described in 1887 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{WesternAustralia-stub