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title: "Fawn-footed Melomys"
description: "Melomys cervinipes — Ssaki. The fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat, or fawn-footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/fawn-footed-melomys
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fawn-footed Melomys

> Melomys cervinipes — Ssaki. The fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat, or fawn-footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

- Scientific name: *Melomys cervinipes*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 922
- Wikidata: [Q1761964](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1761964)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45314](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45314)

## Names

- en: Fawn-footed Melomys
- de: Kitzfüßige Mosaikschwanzratte

## Countries with the most observations

AU (549)

## Summary

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.
The upper parts of this species are a sandy-brown colour, the mottling at the lower parts is grey and whitish. The tail is hairless, the skin of which has a purplish tone. The superficial distinguishing characteristics include soft and short fur, lacking the long guard hairs of other species and adpressed against the body. John Gould proposed the epithet cervinipes for the "fawn-like colouring" of the feet and tarsi, assigning it to the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn-footed_mosaic-tailed_rat

## Photo

![Fawn-footed Melomys](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fawn-footed-melomys/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jun MATSUI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254969327

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fawn-footed-melomys?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).