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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098" ID-ISBN="1-56098-217-9" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7353098" approvalRequired="3" approvalRequired_for_document="2" approvalRequired_for_originalDoi="1" checkinTime="1667534070963" checkinUser="GgServerImporter" docAuthor="Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton" docDate="1993" docId="03D087AEFF83FFCEFEF40982FCE4FA82" docLanguage="en" docName="MammalSpeciesofTheWorld.1993.Muridae.501-755.pdf.imd" docOrigin="Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press" docTitle="Melomys moncktoni" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="618" masterDocId="FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3" masterDocTitle="Order Rodentia - Family Muridae" masterLastPageNumber="755" masterPageNumber="501" pageNumber="618" updateTime="1669256938330" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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</mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:name type="personal">
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:name type="personal">
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher>
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<mods:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:name type="personal">
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart>
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</mods:name>
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<mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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</mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:extent unit="page">
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<mods:start>501</mods:start>
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<mods:end>755</mods:end>
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<mods:classification>book chapter</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">7353098</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284384" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7284384" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D087AEFF83FFCEFEF40982FCE4FA82" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF83FFCEFEF40982FCE4FA82" lastPageNumber="618" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<subSubSection box="[263,1500,644,681]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[263,1874,644,1393]" box="[263,1500,644,681]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<treatmentCitation author="Thomas" authority="(Thomas, 1904)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[263,1490,644,681]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="399" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni" title="Melomys moncktoni" volume="14" year="1904">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Thomas, 1904)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[263,859,644,681]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">
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<emphasis box="[263,587,644,681]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Melomys moncktoni</emphasis>
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(Thomas, 1904)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Thomas" box="[884,1490,644,681]" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" pagination="399" title="Melomys moncktoni" volume="14" year="1904">Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14:399</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[263,1874,644,1393]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation country="Papua New Guinea" latitude="-8.5" longitude="148.33333" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<collectingCountry box="[551,889,686,724]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, Northern Prov., NE coast,
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<geoCoordinate box="[1363,1471,686,724]" degrees="8" direction="south" minutes="30" orientation="latitude" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" precision="925" value="-8.5">8°30'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate box="[1494,1642,686,724]" degrees="148" direction="east" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" precision="925" value="148.33333">148°20'E</geoCoordinate>
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(Kumusi River)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[263,1874,644,1393]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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DISTRIBUTION:
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<collectingCountry box="[529,866,769,807]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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; reliable records are from coastal plains and foothills (not exceeding
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<quantity box="[575,675,811,849]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" unit="m" value="700.0">700 m</quantity>
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) of extreme SE
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<collectingCountry box="[950,1286,811,849]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, from the type locality on the NE coast eastward to southern lowlands where westernmost record is from foothills northeast of Port Morseby area; limits unknown.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="117" pageNumber="618" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="117.[263,1874,644,1393]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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COMMENTS: Horizontal and altitudinal distributions of this species have been misunderstood due to incorrect identifications of specimens.
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<emphasis box="[1449,1852,977,1015]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1449,1772,977,1015]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">Melomys moncktoni</taxonomicName>
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was
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</emphasis>
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thought to have a primarily southern distribution from
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<collectingRegion box="[1352,1517,1019,1058]" country="Indonesia" name="Papua Barat" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Irian Jaya</collectingRegion>
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to
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<collectingRegion box="[1576,1686,1019,1058]" country="Indonesia" name="Papua Barat" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">Papua</collectingRegion>
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, and to extend up into moss forest (see map and discussion in
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<bibRefCitation author="Flannery, T. F." box="[1338,1679,1062,1100]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" refId="ref103155" refString="Flannery, T. F. 1990 b. Mammals of New Guinea. Robert Brown and Associates, 439 pp." year="1990">Flannery, 1990b:225</bibRefCitation>
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), but all samples from moss forest represent other species. Examples of
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1488,1711,1103,1142]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">
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<emphasis box="[1488,1711,1103,1142]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">M. moncktoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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come only from the restricted range described above (based on series in the American Museum of Natural History and the British Museum of Natural History).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="117.[263,1874,644,1393]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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The forms
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<emphasis box="[618,931,1230,1268]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1889" box="[618,811,1230,1268]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intermedius">intermedius</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1996" baseAuthorityName="Duvernoy" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[831,925,1230,1268]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">shawi</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" box="[1020,1110,1230,1268]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sturti">
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<emphasis box="[1020,1110,1230,1268]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">sturti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are usually associated with
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1605,1829,1230,1268]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">
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<emphasis box="[1605,1829,1230,1268]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">M. moncktoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Flannery, T. F." box="[403,679,1272,1310]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" refId="ref103155" refString="Flannery, T. F. 1990 b. Mammals of New Guinea. Robert Brown and Associates, 439 pp." year="1990">Flannery, 1990b</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Laurie, E. M. O. & J. E. Hill" box="[698,1065,1272,1310]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" refId="ref205065" refString="Laurie, E. M. O., and J. E. Hill. 1954. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758 - 1952. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 175 pp." year="1954">Laurie and Hill, 1954</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Tate, G. H. H." box="[1084,1264,1272,1310]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" 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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), but the
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<typeStatus box="[1430,1580,1272,1310]" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">holotype</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1996" baseAuthorityName="Duvernoy" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[1638,1729,1272,1310]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shawi">
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<emphasis box="[1638,1729,1272,1310]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">shawi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is a
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubex">M. rubex</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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the type series of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1889" box="[810,997,1314,1352]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="intermedius">
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<emphasis box="[810,997,1314,1352]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">intermedius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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belongs to
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<emphasis box="[1197,1401,1314,1352]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[1197,1395,1314,1352]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">M. platyops</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and the type series of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1921" box="[388,480,1356,1393]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sturti">
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<emphasis box="[388,480,1356,1393]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">sturti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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represents
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<emphasis box="[683,887,1356,1393]" italics="true" pageId="117" pageNumber="618">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[683,878,1356,1393]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="117" pageNumber="618" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lorentzii">M. lorentzii</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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