FAWN-FOOTED MELOMY

Photographed at Kingfisher Park, Julatten, Queensland, November 2017

90                     FAWN-FOOTED MELOMY                    Melomys cervinipes

AUSTRALIA                 90

Range: along e. coast from Gosford (NSW) to about Cooktown (Q); inland to New England Tablelands (NSW) and Carnarvon Range (Q). Common in rainforest, particularly with dense tangled understory; in s. also found in wet sclerophyll forest, coastal woodlands, mangrove forest.Nocturnal, arboreal, terrestrial, agile climber.