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- <p>269.</p><p>Snow Mountains Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat</p><p><i>Melomys frigicola</i></p><p><b>French:</b> Mélomys des Snow / <b>German:</b> Schneegebirge-Mosaikschwanzratte / <b>Spanish:</b> Rata de cola moteada de Sudirnam</p><p><b>Other common names:</b> Snow Mountains Grassland Melomys</p><p><b>Taxonomy.</b> Melomys lutillus frigicola Tate, 1951,</p><p>“Bele River, 18 kilometers north of Lake Habbema, near Mt. Wilhelmina, Netherlands New Guinea [= Papua, Indo-nesia], 2200 meters.”</p><p>Originally considered a subspecies of M. lutillus, M. frigicola was elevated to species rank in 1996 by J. I. Menzies, who included it, as well as M. lutillus, in the “ M. cervinipes division.” P. H. Fabre and colleagues in 2017 also described some</p><p>characters for this species. Monotypic.</p><p><b>Distribution.</b> N slopes of the Snow (= Sudirman) Mts and nearby Baliem River, WC New Guinea.</p><p><b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head-body 101-135 mm, tail 122-136 mm, ear 12-14 mm, hindfeet 23-29 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Snow Mountains Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat is a small-sized Melomys. Upperparts are yellow brown, with gray-buff to pure white ventral coloration. Tail is of about same size as orslightly longer than head-body length.</p><p><b>Habitat.</b> Secondary forests and grasslands between 600 m and 2200 m.</p><p><b>Food and Feeding.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Breeding.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Activity patterns.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information</p><p>.</p><p><b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Snow Mountains Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat is probably common and has a large distribution. It is, however, very poorly known.</p><p><b>Bibliography.</b> Fabre, Fitriana et al. (2017), Menzies (1996), Tate (1951).</p>