Order Rodentia (Part 5) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 504 560 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353037 0-89327-235-3 7353037 Melomys porculus (Thomas, 1904) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 14:400 . TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis., Guadalcanal Isl., Aola . DISTRIBUTION: Guadalcanal Isl. (Solomon Isis.). COMMENT: Tate, 1951 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 97:314, placed this species in Uromys , but Laurie and Hill, 1954:126 , and subsequent authors included it in Melomys . ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011038014001.