Melomys rattoides Thomas, 1922

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 618-619

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Melomys rattoides Thomas, 1922
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Melomys rattoides Thomas, 1922 View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9:263.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Guinea, NW Irian Jaya, Mamberano River, Pionier-bivak (2°20'S, 138°0’ E), 200 ft GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; N slopes and lowlands from the type locality in Irian Jaya through slopes N of Idenberg River to the Telefomin region in West Sepik Prov. of Papua New Guinea ( Flannery and Seri, 1990); also on Pulau Yapen (Japen Isl); limits of range unknown. No records from above 1200 m.

COMMENTS: The distribution is based on the few reliable identifications of samples. Tate's (1951:290) records of M. rattoides from Cyclops Mts, for example, were based on M. lanosus , as were the easternmost dots on Flannery's (1990b:229) map. Closest relative is M. lanosus , which occurs in moss forests at altitudes higher than the distribution of M. rattoides (see account of M. lanosus ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Melomys

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Melomys rattoides Thomas, 1922

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993
1993
Loc

Melomys rattoides

Thomas 1922: 263
1922
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