Melomys rubicola Thomas 1924

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1379

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scientific name

Melomys rubicola Thomas 1924
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Melomys rubicola Thomas 1924 View in CoL

Melomys rubicola Thomas 1924 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 13: 298.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, Bramble Cay, about 9ES, 144EE; see Mahoney and Richardson (1988:163).

Vernacular Names: Bramble Cay Melomys.

Distribution: Australia; endemic to Bramble Cay at the extreme N end of the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland ( Limpus et al., 1983).

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Studies of blood proteins and morphology suggested M. rubicola was closely related to M. capensis , which is endemic to Cape York in N Queensland ( Limpus et al., 1983). Structure of sperm head described by Breed (1984). Reviewed by Watts (1995 g).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Melomys

Loc

Melomys rubicola Thomas 1924

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Melomys rubicola

Thomas 1924: 298
1924
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