Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Melomys bougainville Troughton 1936 Melomys bougainville Troughton 1936 , Rec. Aust . Mus ., 19: 344 . Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Bougainville Isl, Buin. Vernacular Names: Bougainville Island Melomys . Distribution: Recorded only from islands of Buka, Bougainville , and Choiseul in northern Solomon Arch. ( Flannery and Wickler, 1990 ; Flannery, 1995 b ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Although historically treated as a subspecies of M. rufescens , M. bougainville is a separate species known by small samples of extant and archaeological specimens ( Flannery and Wickler, 1990 ). Most closely related to M. rufescens , M. matambuai , and M. paveli ( Helgen, 2003 b ; Menzies, 1996 ).