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<emphasis bold="true" box="[901,1172,1595,1622]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Melomys bougainville</emphasis>
Troughton, 1936a
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Figure 37. AM M.4683, holotype skull of
<taxonomicName authority="Troughton, 1937 a" authorityName="Troughton" authorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hydromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oriens">
<emphasis box="[618,793,1651,1673]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Hydromys oriens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Troughton, E" box="[166,340,1678,1700]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" pagination="117 - 127" refId="ref147573" refString="Troughton, E. L. G. 1937 a. Descriptions of some New Guinea mammals. Records of the Australian Museum 20 (2): 117 - 127. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.20.1937.254" type="journal article" year="1937">Troughton, 1937a</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. (Photography by Stuart Humphreys).
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<paragraph blockId="82.[869,1282,1641,1663]" box="[869,1282,1641,1663]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis box="[869,1020,1642,1663]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Rec. Aust. Mus.</emphasis>
19(5): 344. (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1369,1685,1709]" box="[839,1369,1685,1709]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1013,1685,1709]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Common name</emphasis>
.
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Mosaic-tailed Rat.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1466,1725,1778]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1003,1725,1749]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Current name</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName authority="Troughton, 1936 a" authorityName="Troughton" authorityYear="1936" box="[1019,1462,1725,1749]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bougainville">
<emphasis box="[1019,1257,1725,1749]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Melomys bougainville</emphasis>
Troughton, 1936a
</taxonomicName>
; following Musser &amp; Carleton (2005).
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<paragraph blockId="82.[178,782,1744,1869]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<heading centered="true" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" reason="2">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<taxonomicName ID-CoL="3XPCD" ID-ENA="2303640" authority="Flannery, Aplin &amp; Groves" authorityName="Flannery, Aplin &amp; Groves" authorityYear="1989" box="[178,776,1744,1771]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="istapantap">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[178,435,1744,1771]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Mallomys istapantap</emphasis>
Flannery, Aplin &amp; Groves
</taxonomicName>
, in
<bibRefCitation author="Flannery, T &amp; Aplin, C" box="[371,623,1781,1808]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" pagination="83 - 105" refId="ref129094" refString="Flannery, T. F., K. Aplin, C. P. Groves, and M. Adams. 1989. Revision of the New Guinean genus Mallomys (Muridae: Rodentia), with descriptions of two new species from subalpine habitats. Records of the Australian Museum 41 (1): 83 - 105. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.41.1989.137" type="journal article" year="1989">
Flannery
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1989
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<subSubSection pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1467,1794,1906]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,944,1794,1818]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<typeStatus box="[839,944,1794,1818]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. M.5757 by original designation. Male, [Field no. 346], skull, study skin, presented by J. B. Poncelet, registered
<date box="[953,1163,1853,1877]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="1934-12-27">27 December 1934</date>
. Body originally in alcohol, later converted to skull, study skin.
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<paragraph blockId="82.[178,782,1744,1869]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis box="[197,349,1820,1842]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Rec. Aust. Mus.</emphasis>
41(1): 96, figs 12, 1112; tables 45. (
<date pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="1989-06-30">30 June 1989</date>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="82.[166,580,1882,1906]" box="[166,580,1882,1906]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,340,1882,1906]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Common name</emphasis>
. Subalpine Giant-Rat.
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<paragraph blockId="82.[164,794,1919,2002]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[166,333,1919,1944]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Current name</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName authority="Flannery, Aplin &amp; Groves" authorityName="Flannery, Aplin &amp; Groves" authorityYear="1989" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="istapantap">
<emphasis box="[350,581,1920,1944]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Mallomys istapantap</emphasis>
Flannery, Aplin &amp; Groves
</taxonomicName>
, in
<bibRefCitation author="Flannery, T &amp; Aplin, C" box="[279,483,1949,1973]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" pagination="83 - 105" refId="ref129094" refString="Flannery, T. F., K. Aplin, C. P. Groves, and M. Adams. 1989. Revision of the New Guinean genus Mallomys (Muridae: Rodentia), with descriptions of two new species from subalpine habitats. Records of the Australian Museum 41 (1): 83 - 105. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.41.1989.137" type="journal article" year="1989">
Flannery
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1989
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; following Musser &amp; Carleton (2005).
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<subSubSection pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1468,151,234]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,943,152,176]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<typeStatus box="[839,943,152,176]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. M.7328 by original designation. Female, skull, study skin, collected on
<date box="[1104,1244,181,205]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="1945-07-17">17 July 1945</date>
by Captain Neptune B. Blood, registered in
<date box="[1089,1249,210,234]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="1948-02">February 1948</date>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="82.[838,1467,255,367]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,965,255,279]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Condition</emphasis>
. Cranium missing left auditory capsule, interorbital area has impact indentation with fractures. Both dentaries complete. Study skin has three bald patches on the snout.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1467,389,442]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,994,389,413]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Type locality</emphasis>
.
<materialsCitation country="Papua New Guinea" latitude="-5.866667" location="Mount Hagen district" longLatPrecision="1305" longitude="144.23334" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Western Highlands">
Korelum,
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(
<geoCoordinate box="[1393,1466,389,413]" degrees="5" direction="south" minutes="52" orientation="latitude" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="-5.866667">5°52'S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[839,938,418,442]" degrees="144" direction="east" minutes="14" orientation="longitude" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="144.23334">144°14'E</geoCoordinate>
),
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,
<collectingCountry box="[1261,1463,418,442]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="82.[837,1468,463,634]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1981-12-20" collectorName="T. F. Flannery &amp; K. Aplin." country="Papua New Guinea" county="Central Province" elevation="2950" latitude="-8.466666" location="Neon Basin" longLatPrecision="1301" longitude="147.33333" municipality="Mount Albert Edward" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,953,464,488]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<typeStatus box="[839,953,464,488]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. (2, by original designation).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1275,1373,463,487]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">M.12908</emphasis>
, female, skull, manus and pes in alc., collected from the margin of the
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FFEB73661BB7F9D0FDA7954B:8EAB6005FFEB73671B77FDE0FC11951E" box="[837,964,522,546]" country="Papua New Guinea" county="Central Province" latitude="-8.466666" longLatPrecision="1301" longitude="147.33333" municipality="Mount Albert Edward" name="Neon Basin" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Neon Basin</location>
,
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<elevation box="[974,1137,522,546]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.95" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.9" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" unit="m" value="2950.0" valueMax="3000.0" valueMin="2900.0">2,9003,000 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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(
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<geoCoordinate box="[838,942,552,576]" degrees="147" direction="east" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" precision="925" value="147.33333">147°20'E</geoCoordinate>
),
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,
<collectingCountry box="[1168,1387,551,575]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
, on
<date pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="1981-12-20">
<collectingDate pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="1981-12-20">20 December 1981</collectingDate>
</date>
by [
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and]
<collectorName box="[1259,1357,581,605]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">K. Aplin.</collectorName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1360,1459,581,605]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">M.12875</emphasis>
, juvenile female, skull, flat skin (young of M.12908)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1467,655,797]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,962,655,679]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Comments</emphasis>
.
<materialsCitation collectionCode="ANWC" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
Eight specimens in the type series, the other
<specimenCount box="[839,988,685,709]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">five paratypes</specimenCount>
are in
<collectionCode box="[1060,1145,685,709]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932" name="Australian National Wildlife Collection" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">ANWC</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[921,1385,771,797]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1467,655,797]" box="[921,1385,771,797]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<taxonomicName authority="K. Helgen, 2005 a" authorityName="K. Helgen" authorityYear="2005" box="[921,1385,771,797]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mayermys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="germani">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[921,1385,771,797]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[921,1159,771,797]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Mayermys germani</emphasis>
K.
<bibRefCitation author="Helgen, K" box="[1206,1385,771,797]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" pagination="61 - 67" refId="ref132503" refString="Helgen, K. M. 2005 a. A new species of murid rodent (genus Mayermys) from south-eastern New Guinea. Mammalian Biology 70 (1): 61 - 67. https: // doi. org / 10.1078 / 1616 - 5047 - 00176" type="journal article" year="2005">Helgen, 2005a</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[869,1437,817,839]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="reference_group">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1437,817,885]" box="[869,1437,817,839]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis box="[869,1007,817,838]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Mammal. Biol.</emphasis>
70(1): 62, figs 23; table 1. (
<date box="[1262,1426,817,839]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="2005-02-11">11 February 2005</date>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[839,1407,861,885]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="vernacular_names">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1437,817,885]" box="[839,1407,861,885]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1013,861,885]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Common name</emphasis>
. Eastern small-toothed moss-mouse.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="82.[839,1466,906,960]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1011,906,930]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Current name</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName authority="(K. Helgen, 2005 a)" baseAuthorityName="K. Helgen" baseAuthorityYear="2005" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudohydromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="germani">
<emphasis box="[1029,1321,906,930]" italics="true" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Pseudohydromys germani</emphasis>
(K.
<bibRefCitation author="Helgen, K" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" pagination="61 - 67" refId="ref132503" refString="Helgen, K. M. 2005 a. A new species of murid rodent (genus Mayermys) from south-eastern New Guinea. Mammalian Biology 70 (1): 61 - 67. https: // doi. org / 10.1078 / 1616 - 5047 - 00176" type="journal article" year="2005">Helgen, 2005a</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; following Helgen &amp; Helgen (2009).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="82" pageNumber="359" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="82.[837,1467,981,1122]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,943,981,1005]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">
<typeStatus box="[839,943,981,1005]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. M.29245 by original designation. Male adult, Field no. FR341, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc. includes reproductive tract; frozen tissue. Collected by Pavel German on
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; registered
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. Captured in a snap trap.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,953,1143,1167]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Condition</emphasis>
. Cranium and both dentaries intact and in good condition other than detached upper left molar. Study skin is complete.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,981,1247,1272]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Type locality</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,961,1351,1375]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Comments</emphasis>
. Based on the only known specimen at that time. A further
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are reported by Helgen &amp; Helgen (2009), who provide additional photographs of the
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skull and skin. Publication date established from journal editorial staff (Dr Alrun Albrecht, Senior Publishing Editor, Elsevier, pers. comm.
<date box="[1076,1189,1498,1522]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359" value="2012-11">Nov. 2012</date>
)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,954,1922,1946]" pageId="82" pageNumber="359">Condition</emphasis>
. Cranium and both dentaries complete. Study skin: bald patches on the ventral surface and a tear (stitched up) near the right eye.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,272,151,176]" pageId="83" pageNumber="360">Type locality</emphasis>
.
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.
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. Troughton based the description on a single specimen, adding that a second adult male, evidently received after preparing the initial description, had external dimensions similar to those of the
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. The latter specimen is still in the AM Collection and is M.6045, male adult, body in alc., Buin, presented by J. B. Poncelet, registered
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. It is considered to be a referred specimen. Poncelet presented four additional specimens (topotypes) that were registered as
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by Troughton during 1937 to 1939, all from the Buin district: M.634344, M.6493 and M.6650, all listed as female in the register. Flannery &amp; Wickler (1990) re-instated this taxon, which had been relegated to a subspecies of
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since earlier treatments including
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.
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