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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Leary, T. |author2=Wright, D |date=2016 |title=''Melomys bougainville'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T13115A22420453 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13115A22420453.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Melomys
| species = bougainville
| authority = Troughton, 1936
| synonyms =
}}
The '''Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat''' ('''''Melomys bougainville''''') is a species of [[rodent]] in the family [[Muridae]].
It is found only in [[Papua New Guinea]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{MSW3 Muroidea | id =13001499 | page = 1375}}
{{Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q1763819}}
[[Category:Melomys]]
[[Category:Rats of Asia]]
[[Category:Rodents of Papua New Guinea]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1936]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton]]
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