Paramelomys Rümmler 1936

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 : 1432

Paramelomys Rümmler 1936

Paramelomys Rümmler 1936 , Z. Saugetierk., 10: 248.

Type Species: Uromys levipes Thomas 1897

Species and subspecies: 9 species:

Species Paramelomys gressitti Menzies 1996

Species Paramelomys levipes (Thomas 1897)

Species Paramelomys lorentzii (Jentink 1908)

Species Paramelomys mollis (Thomas 1913)

Species Paramelomys moncktoni (Thomas 1904)

Species Paramelomys naso (Thomas 1911)

Species Paramelomys platyops (Thomas 1906)

Species Paramelomys rubex (Thomas 1922)

Species Paramelomys steini (Rümmler 1935)

Discussion: Uromys Division. Originally described as a subgenus of Melomys by Rümmler (1936) and either retained as a synonym of that genus ( Musser and Carleton, 1993; Tate, 1951) or ignored ( Laurie and Hill, 1954) until Menzies (1996) rediagnosed Paramelomys and raised it to generic rank (using principally multivariate analyses of continuous variation in morphological traits). Included are nine species whose shared traits, according to Menzies, isolate them as a monophyletic group endemic to New Guinea and separate from the species of Melomys . Analysis of albumin immunology of some species also supports their exclusion from Melomys ( Watts and Baverstock, 1994 a) . All species revised by Menzies (1996).