| Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat Buka Island melomys (Melomys spechti) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Melomys |
| Species: | M. spechti |
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Melomys spechti Flannery and Wickler, 1990 |
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The Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat or Buka Island melomys (Melomys spechti) is a species of rat in Oceania.
It is endemic to Buka Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in northeastern Papua New Guinea.