Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Melomys spechti Flannery and Wickler, 1990 . Aust . Mammal., 13:130 . TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis, Buka Isl, Kilu rockshelter . DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from Buka Isl. COMMENTS: A distinctive species known only by archaeological fragments ( Flannery and Wickler, 1990 ).