Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat
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. References Melomys Rat, Buka Island mosaic-tailed Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea Rat, Buka Island mosaic-tailed Buka, Papua New Guinea Mammals described in 1990 Taxa named by Tim Flannery