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<emphasis id="A60738257A39D4F771A0CC6E37F3CECB" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys</emphasis>
Thomas 1922
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<emphasis id="41EFB67B8398512F31BF08F07DB8428A" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys</emphasis>
Thomas 1922
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<emphasis id="CB9ADD147D71C3EDDAA6A59CCC28ED42" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1374">Type Species:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FF87EA99D9DE9FB9E10335E991C77F24" authority="Alston 1877" authorityName="Alston" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">
<emphasis id="A01100682B24CFD6192CC78FAE33E3C3" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Uromys rufescens</emphasis>
Alston 1877
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<emphasis id="1C84C091633650C0735EB59EB696FAC1" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1374">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
23 species:
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<paragraph id="DFE67A981F9B2FD0AB5E11D01F110EBA" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="090EEA0A4C7ABC8719E52FCDDAF0D67C" authority="(Thomas 1920)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aerosus">
<emphasis id="6EC405047A923E50F3D0C905C729CA89" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys aerosus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1920)
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<paragraph id="5429EA18233B7B7A2B540D45E82D8DE2" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="29032B15EA5AF64434BEA9D76244926E" authority="(Thomas 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arcium">
<emphasis id="6DA49F52AD25411F795A258E162CEB7D" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys arcium</emphasis>
(Thomas 1913)
</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="BACFB18346C5FD007B82F8D74DCEE716" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="C09D28D584BC9192263C6A3D9CAA209E" authority="Kitchener and Maryanto 1993" authorityName="Kitchener and Maryanto" authorityYear="1993" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bannisteri">
<emphasis id="FBC295EE9E150D63A3EA6FDCF52C0187" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys bannisteri</emphasis>
Kitchener and Maryanto 1993
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="68393C18F9A226A18E3EC8C4DFF66ADA" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="17FBA5ABFD826F8E8632CD3E36BE5A5F" authority="Troughton 1936" authorityName="Troughton" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bougainville">
<emphasis id="8777C55398EDD863D6AB1F3A1292502F" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys bougainville</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6FFD13833B941BA9DE5E2AC306F75E42" author="Troughton, E. L. G." refId="ref359917" refString="Troughton, E. L. G. 1936. A redescription of Solomys (&quot; Mus &quot;) salamonis Ramsay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 61: 3 - 4." year="1936">Troughton 1936</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0A1BAEC6201EF6F60B5D142A41EC6A03" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="0FB99BCCBE665898A762AC3E77DA24E4" authority="(Ramsay 1887)" baseAuthorityName="Ramsay" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burtoni">
<emphasis id="3AC718D176E38AB5ACAFB8372A14C5A0" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys burtoni</emphasis>
(Ramsay 1887)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EBBADF208446560DDE257B33EBE9F760" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="69E1FC947FDE7D114EBC2FA6945E4AB1" authority="Tate 1951" authorityName="Tate" authorityYear="1951" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="67425D94D2BA4779668ECD873FD79AB3" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys capensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="83736912CCB0EC717DBC9DFABEA50057" author="Tate, G. H. H." refId="ref347722" refString="Tate, G. H. H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 97: 183 - 430." year="1951">Tate 1951</bibRefCitation>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="26A0D7D60EAA1B62B2D26284F3EFA6FF" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="7B740A7A6E52F3165E83EC1A05F18B02" authority="(Thomas 1921)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1921" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caurinus">
<emphasis id="322665AB07E1E60C939E4BB9385EBF6C" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys caurinus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1921)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C6D94C4FE47D4C07151830479C9BD022" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="3037ECDC2E921D62260E72CE56C714ED" authority="(Gould 1852)" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="55485C1E63DA38F7CDA533D8ED951C70" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
(Gould 1852)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="81ECB0317AC4C56DBD407E813F0B904A" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="2A811802BC9274DAAB08EC09AB1FC567" authority="Kitchener, in Kitchener and Maryanto 1995" authorityName="Kitchener, in Kitchener and Maryanto" authorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cooperae">
<emphasis id="F183CE6BF3157215CA338002C7943B71" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys cooperae</emphasis>
Kitchener, in Kitchener and Maryanto 1995
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="902F72DCB88F668E4DCFF5AF93243EE7" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="71244709A1F223812D7C6A10BA89887E" authority="Rümmler 1935" authorityName="Rümmler" authorityYear="1935" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dollmani">
<emphasis id="EFBB0AE76CAFA13149017C745DF3298A" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys dollmani</emphasis>
Rümmler 1935
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="801C22346468DE754FD4B9CC5FE32A9D" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="8DCB109B8BD43CBA5C016218D8B22F64" authority="(Thomas 1920)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fraterculus">
<emphasis id="45B406E1F2DC2F93830366BEBCB5600D" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys fraterculus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1920)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7BCDF33753829469A04B832E3B765A33" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="364C92A9D9F4243529CE1FF923B1E623" authority="Tate 1951" authorityName="Tate" authorityYear="1951" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="frigicola">
<emphasis id="A4490A8EA7E45845B20EA3FB96363142" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys frigicola</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="632725AF973E53B48FDD5BDCFD5B9EF3" author="Tate, G. H. H." refId="ref347722" refString="Tate, G. H. H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 97: 183 - 430." year="1951">Tate 1951</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="70CF62402341A330BD36A3EF3948A485" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="9BD24C7C5B25E1D7FC9E18B6EC21351D" authority="(Thomas 1920)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulgens">
<emphasis id="9CC1E40579E8F204153A564BF1A0A00F" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys fulgens</emphasis>
(Thomas 1920)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DADC47F7B02F9E2C755559CE3247C424" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="42EB01E10D85B67EF495B71CF18523A5" authority="Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto 1996" authorityName="Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto" authorityYear="1996" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howi">
<emphasis id="2B525DEC01F16D1E7A6388F9C3CAAA90" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys howi</emphasis>
Kitchener, in
<bibRefCitation id="DABD6AF82E4F53AC97D17C9C8A86FF86" author="Kitchener, D. J. &amp; A. Suyanto" refId="ref187321" refString="Kitchener, D. J., and A. Suyanto. 1996. A new species of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Riama Island, Tanimbar Group, Maluku Tenggara, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 18: 113 - 119." year="1996">Kitchener and Suyanto 1996</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9A42E33CFF7DCC5169A1E3ABBA01147A" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="D7C56D43631D427C64A49D051BB5A253" authority="(Jentink 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucogaster">
<emphasis id="CD0D298EE4F7ACBED17991F1568AE90E" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys leucogaster</emphasis>
(Jentink 1908)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3EF3F3A7EA94B23093EEE125D1726785" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="CA3899E93DC4F41A2E065B10F05FDCEF" authority="(Thomas 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutillus">
<emphasis id="D7C35776CFD46064A274A68770DCF3ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys lutillus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1913)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="899313608E632996A25F89E8FE8EDCAA" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="9D67FAC88F68418C95E94FCD21D47503" authority="Flannery, Colgan, and Trimble 1994" authorityName="Flannery, Colgan, and Trimble" authorityYear="1994" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="matambuai">
<emphasis id="B2A0DCDEE95CB77C6B21F8AAD86E4C6B" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys matambuai</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1F89C10CE2BF13F70C6FDD38299B55DA" author="Flannery, T. F. &amp; D. Colgan &amp; J. Trimble" refId="ref104190" refString="Flannery, T. F., D. Colgan, and J. Trimble. 1994. A new species of Melomys from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, with notes on the systematics of the M. rufescens complex (Muridae: Rodentia). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 114: (1): 29 - 43." year="1994">Flannery, Colgan, and Trimble 1994</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="94000A5E4A6AE27D6B9249B39DE8D20C" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="BF0AB57C4E24671E5854B6AA3AABEF77" authority="(Thomas 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obiensis">
<emphasis id="CE8E7F727018B668EE2B00FE03698554" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys obiensis</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1B1DD860FDABFE500BA2453809FFF375" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="6AB7246E35BCFF882FD4EE3397F6D0D2" authority="Helgen 2003" authorityName="Helgen" authorityYear="2003" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paveli">
<emphasis id="D595D4462B42196158FAE186A78A2209" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys paveli</emphasis>
Helgen 2003
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C3E1AE2C2A0583B15E6F3B48921C0AD1" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="95BC463DA26DD1A8C596A4649A0EFCF1" authority="Thomas 1924" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubicola">
<emphasis id="78D0CA03611D8F02DA630BC641E21373" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys rubicola</emphasis>
Thomas 1924
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EE0001E0B89FAE5E87CA1CF230BC8FA0" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="2056ABDDAB299C2401E1E71C323AF057" authority="(Alston 1877)" baseAuthorityName="Alston" baseAuthorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">
<emphasis id="8CAE799926B6296FD03D8C9DB8DAE3C0" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys rufescens</emphasis>
(Alston 1877)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B69B5561446F9BCD0E74968F7FF60402" pageNumber="1374">
Species
<taxonomicName id="915F7A1383A37C9C01290DFEB9AC5267" authority="Flannery and Wickler 1990" authorityName="Flannery and Wickler" authorityYear="1990" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1374" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spechti">
<emphasis id="C391B40917A7325C16498F2ED8458314" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys spechti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="91339264D9CA49CB7A5A584C3A52F9A7" author="Flannery, T. F. &amp; S. Wickler" refId="ref103915" refString="Flannery, T. F., and S. Wickler. 1990. Quaternary murids (Rodentia: Muridae) from Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species. Australian Mammalogy, 13: 127 - 139." year="1990">Flannery and Wickler 1990</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="35D2294311F98A9BBB089ADC905FF737" pageNumber="1374">
Species
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<emphasis id="4F08F714D677136F3D0FCF989D9C4078" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys talaudium</emphasis>
(Thomas 1921)
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<subSubSection id="C237F1A135D2D001F04AD09D054D06B6" pageNumber="1374" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E11C2E0EAA0057BE69A74547E0BF1169" pageNumber="1374">
<emphasis id="00301DD520A7C1BA839ED56318C1CBBA" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1374">Discussion:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6B6F752C5942B85EEC3926CE701E504A" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1D65B5CEDD8FCBC18E698A6A2F8D702B" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Uromys</emphasis>
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Division. Member of the Australian and New
<collectingCountry id="E0834B9B1D02ED790CF546442C1A61C3" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
region Old Endemics (
<bibRefCitation id="F18FD5B01B0028EB0173C29778EFCAE5" author="Musser, G. G." refId="ref251734" refString="Musser, G. G. 1981 c. The giant rat of Flores and its relatives east of Borneo and Bali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 169: 67 - 176." year="1981">
Musser, 1981
<emphasis id="523A9379AC735975DF8157C8A9F882F3" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">c</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
, 1982
<emphasis id="27FA45A0C38510525B4CE4CD0BD02605" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">b</emphasis>
). Data from microcomplement fixation of albumin indicated Australian
<taxonomicName id="2F77AB4402EBAD4274B1FA28A4F5E0BC" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DD444ED1391E8068A730AF9FCDDEB80C" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys</emphasis>
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is closely related to
<taxonomicName id="10CBADEA6F586901D9798DB97950E386" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BC29E3C21930C6AD867E7FAD425F410B" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Uromys</emphasis>
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and in the same monophyletic group with
<taxonomicName id="4FC5A4BED7F21FB58593C5305412B728" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mesembriomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="786DFAAC59567B3400DFA57272E0286C" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Mesembriomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DA053073C8195D9FBB4B3703E07182A4" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leporillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2DC0FC1824BA0ABD5541B494A0D0919A" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Leporillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="012276B4C234AD974F19DB254344D46C" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1838" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FE0B48BB3B12505668703C9D384A8585" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Conilurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="686C4E16E6F54279E52DB359A17E0141" authority="(Watts et al., 1992)" baseAuthorityName="Watts" baseAuthorityYear="1992" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Zyzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="800FD35A687B610452C883EDB2C6C0A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Zyzomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="3F3C9EC6287E73A6407C8CE17D97C4A3" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock &amp; J. Birrell &amp; M. Krieg" refId="ref384680" refString="Watts, C. H. S., P. R. Baverstock, J. Birrell, and M. Krieg. 1992. Phylogeny of the Australian rodents (Muridae): A molecular approach using microcomplement fixation of albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology, 40: 81 - 90." year="1992">Watts et al., 1992</bibRefCitation>
)
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. These genera join other Australian and some New
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genera to form an &quot;Australasian clade&quot; as estimated by albumin immunology (
<bibRefCitation id="7EDF8B2B6E910D3FA5C99C61B7F99F9B" author="Watts, C. H. S. &amp; P. R. Baverstock" refId="ref384360" refString="Watts, C. H. S., and P. R. Baverstock. 1994 a. Evolution in New Guinean Muridae (Rodentia) assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin. Australian Journal of Zoology, 42: 295 - 306." year="1994">
Watts and Baverstock, 1994
<emphasis id="26F940D26DF300BBECBB6F951DCF966A" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
, 1995
<emphasis id="8BB65BB40CAC250DBE1B9242B7E8DBEE" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">b</emphasis>
, 1996).
<bibRefCitation id="A70761CA9A23A78F484A41E84AC4AEC3" author="Menzies, J. I." refId="ref237943" refString="Menzies, J. I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology, 44: 367 - 426." year="1996">Menzies (1996)</bibRefCitation>
has revised the New
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species that were formerly included in
<taxonomicName id="ABEE9231C48572071368412C6818ED2A" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="091C2C24488C3F5D8052D3675C2F35BE" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. His results considerably contracted the scope of the genus by raising subgenus
<taxonomicName id="9DD166A90E054F2484AB3EE99CF37A6D" authorityName="Rümmler" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Paramelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6C32AFD76081C57D78023F3C437E74D7" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Paramelomys</emphasis>
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to generic rank, separating
<taxonomicName id="A86CD53DE70E826829E716BE861F1792" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lanosus">
<emphasis id="9237016E6D8E94FF46C5576AF804E8F9" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">lanosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="77FC4A5EA7EF0CE5EC2902F74D516733" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rattoides">
<emphasis id="AE2DB98113A75AAF79EBAB4936AAAF57" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">rattoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a separate genus (see account of
<taxonomicName id="A0A2806C0ACE379FEADD7334AF27C747" authorityName="Menzies" authorityYear="1996" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mammelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9800771A31D31CEF077A9627DFAF0DFE" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Mammelomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and placing
<taxonomicName id="34DD620E9BF54EC7DC9CDBBDB26EBBE2" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1943" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Protochromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fellowsi">
<emphasis id="F79BC879092164EB1EDDC0FE0650DD88" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">fellowsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its own genus (see account of
<taxonomicName id="09622B31B3A7F07370E53CFD2071ED99" authorityName="Menzies" authorityYear="1996" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Protochromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="56792054E45947EA2EF46C73A571DC03" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Protochromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<bibRefCitation id="930AC8CFAF91C1D9E04B375158B95187" author="Mahoney, J. A. &amp; B. J. Richardson" refId="ref222168" refString="Mahoney, J. A., and B. J. Richardson. 1988. Muridae. Pp. 154 - 192, in Zoological catalogue of Australia. Mammalia (J. L. Bannister, et. al.). Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 5: 1 - 274." year="1988">Mahoney and Richardson (1988)</bibRefCitation>
cataloged taxonomic, distributional, and biological references to Australian species; Flannery (1995
<emphasis id="228E1EFEE493BF2BC76D972D7D96851A" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">a</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="75893A13390F520C07AFCBBB269FB4D6" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">b</emphasis>
) summarized the same for many New
<collectingCountry id="36F5211343ABB410BA0968F572965BDA" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
<taxonomicName id="C89993E7316F3E28354CB31D5AAB95E0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="03D8B8A9B2E81378A1B1C0AC6E14EBA5" italics="true" pageNumber="1374">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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