Melomys matambuai Flannery, Colgan, and Trimble 1994

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 matambuai Flannery, Colgan, and Trimble 1994
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Melomys matambuai Flannery, Colgan, and Trimble 1994 View in CoL

Melomys matambuai Flannery, Colgan, and Trimble 1994 View in CoL , Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W., 114: 39.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Admirality Isls, Manus Isl.

Vernacular Names: Manus Island Melomys.

Distribution: Known only by two specimens from Manus Isl.

Discussion: A member of the " Melomys rufescens Division" ( Menzies, 1996) and "very distinct, both in its biochemistry and morphology, and... presumably a long-isolated species" (Flannery, 1995 b:140). Melomys matambuai is most closely related to M. paveli on Seram Isl., M. bougainville on Manus Isl, and the wide-ranging M. rufescens ( Helgen, 2003 b; see account of M. paveli ).