Mesembriomys

Mesembriomys Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
Black-footed tree-rat (Mesembriomys gouldii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Mesembriomys Palmer, 1906
Type species
Mus hirsutus[1]
Species
Mesembriomys gouldii Mesembriomys macrurus

Mesembriomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Australia.^[1] It contains the following species:

• Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
• Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)

References

1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1381. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.