Melomys lutillus (Thomas 1913)

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 : 1378

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scientific name	Melomys lutillus (Thomas 1913)
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[Melomys] lutillus (Thomas 1913) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 12: 216.

Type Locality: SE Papua New Guinea, Angabunga River, Owgarra.

Vernacular Names: Papua Grassland Melomys.

Synonyms: Melomys hintoni Rümmler 1935 .

Distribution: Discontinuous range from the northern lowlands of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) throughout Papua New Guinea in foothills and higher in Central Cordillera, from sea level to 1500 m on mainland; not in the Trans-Fly region ( Menzies, 1996). Also recorded from Woodlark Isl ( AMNH 159593 and 159594), Misima Isl ( AMNH 159591, 159592, and 190514), and the Conflict Isls (sample in BMNH) in the Louisiade Arch. east of mainland E Papua (Flannery, 1995 b).

Conservation: hintoni Rümmler, 1935.