soft-furred rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Molur, S. | author2 = Nameer, P.O. | name-list-style = amp | title = Millardia meltada | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T13525A115115706 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13525/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13525A22461465.en | access-date = 13 December 2017| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Millardia

| species = meltada

| authority = (Gray, 1837)

| synonyms = *Golunda meltada Gray, 1837

• Mus comberi Wroughton, 1907
• Mus lanuginosus Elliot, 1839
• Mus listoni Wroughton, 1907
• Rattus meltada ssp. meltada(Gray, 1837)
• Rattus meltada ssp. pallidor(Ryley, 1914)

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The soft-furred rat (Millardia meltada), or soft-furred metad, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to South Asia.