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 obiensis (Thomas, 1911) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 7:208 TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia , Malukus, Pulau Obi . DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Obi Isl, S of Halmahera. COMMENTS: Judged by morphological traits, a close relative of M. fraterculus from Seram, and more closely related to Australian Melomys cervinipes than to any New Guinea species, an observation gleaned from our study of specimens and earlier recorded by Tate (1951:297) .