The Bramble Cay melomys was a rodent found only on Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait. It had a reddish-brown back, a paler underside, rounded ears and a scaly ta
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The Bramble Cay melomys was a rodent found only on Bramble Cay in the Torres Strait. It had a reddish-brown back, a paler underside, rounded ears and a scaly tail. It lived among the vegetation covering this low coral island and depended on its preservation.
The species is extinct. Seawater inundation was associated with loss of vegetation and, with it, food and cover. With its range restricted to one place, such changes could affect all available habitat.
The portrait shown is an interpretive AI reconstruction prepared from descriptions preserved in the sources; it is not a photograph of a living individual.
Punkt skali: 15,6 cm. Głowa z tułowiem 148–165 mm; ogon osobno 145–185 mm — DCCEEW. To wybrany przykład skali w granicach danych źródłowych, nie średnia ani maksimum. Głowa i tułów, bez ogona. Ilustracje AI nie są fotografiami zmierzonego okazu. Oś pomiaru i proporcje postawy są przybliżone; wysokość z ilustracji oraz projekcja przednia nie są niezależnymi pomiarami biologicznymi.