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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="03D087AEFF84FFC9FF300A2FFB93FC36" 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 Thomas 1922" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="615" masterDocId="FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3" masterDocTitle="Order Rodentia - Family Muridae" masterLastPageNumber="755" masterPageNumber="501" pageNumber="615" updateTime="1669256938330" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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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:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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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:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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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:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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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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<treatmentCitation author="Thomas" authority="Thomas, 1922" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[195,1194,297,336]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="261" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" title="Melomys" volume="9" year="1922">
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<taxonomicName authority="Thomas, 1922" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[195,588,297,336]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[195,339,297,336]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Melomys</emphasis>
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Thomas, 1922
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</taxonomicName>
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<bibCitation author="Thomas" box="[612,1194,297,336]" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" pagination="261" title="Melomys" volume="9" year="1922">Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9:261</bibCitation>
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<subSubSection box="[279,1014,339,378]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" type="type_taxon">
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<paragraph blockId="114.[195,1844,297,965]" box="[279,1014,339,378]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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TYPE SPECIES:
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<taxonomicName authority="Alston, 1877" authorityName="Alston" authorityYear="1877" box="[495,1004,339,378]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">
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<emphasis box="[495,779,339,378]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Uromys rufescens</emphasis>
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Alston, 1877
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</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection box="[279,686,381,419]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" type="synonym_list">
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<paragraph blockId="114.[195,1844,297,965]" box="[279,686,381,419]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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SYNONYMS:
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Rummler" authorityYear="1936" box="[464,676,381,419]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Paramelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Paramelomys</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="114" pageNumber="615" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="114.[195,1844,297,965]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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COMMENTS: Member of the Australian and New
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<collectingCountry box="[1093,1215,423,461]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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region Old Endemics (
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<bibRefCitation author="Musser, G. G." pageId="114" pageNumber="615" 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, 1981c</bibRefCitation>
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, 19826). Morphological and distributional limits need revision. Currently, three primary groups can be recognized: (1) species endemic or indigenous to New
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<collectingCountry box="[1721,1844,506,545]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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region
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<emphasis box="[486,1743,548,586]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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(
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hinton" authorityYear="1943" box="[497,627,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fellowsi">fellowsi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[644,770,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilis">gracilis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[790,971,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucogaster">leucogaster</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Merriam" authorityYear="1898" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[991,1104,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes">levipes</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[1125,1265,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lorentzii">lorentzii</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1913" box="[1286,1386,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mollis">mollis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1907" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1406,1577,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moncktoni">moncktoni</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[1594,1736,548,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">platyops</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[364,537,590,628]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Alston" authorityYear="1877" baseAuthorityName="Alston" baseAuthorityYear="1877" box="[364,517,590,628]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">rufescens</taxonomicName>
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);
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</emphasis>
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(2) Australian species
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(
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Tate" authorityYear="1951" box="[951,1088,590,628]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">capensis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1852" box="[1108,1275,590,628]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">cervinipes</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1924" box="[1296,1431,590,628]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubicola">rubicola</taxonomicName>
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), one
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</emphasis>
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occurring on
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<collectingCountry box="[364,523,630,669]" name="Australia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Australia</collectingCountry>
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and New
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<collectingCountry box="[704,825,630,669]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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<emphasis box="[841,995,630,669]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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(
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Ramsay" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[854,977,630,669]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burtoni">burtoni</taxonomicName>
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),
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</emphasis>
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and some Moluccan species
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<emphasis box="[1502,1843,630,669]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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(
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1913" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1920" box="[1514,1638,630,669]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aerosus">aerosus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1920" box="[1651,1837,630,669]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fraterculus">fraterculus</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[439,591,673,711]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[439,570,673,711]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obiensis">obiensis</taxonomicName>
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);
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</emphasis>
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(3) New
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<collectingCountry box="[754,876,673,711]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[890,1009,673,711]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lanosus">
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<emphasis box="[890,1009,673,711]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">lanosus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1098,1249,673,711]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[1098,1239,673,711]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rattoides">rattoides</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Data from microcomplement fixation of albumin indicated Australian
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[1073,1217,715,754]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1073,1217,715,754]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Melomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was closely related to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1867" box="[1619,1743,715,754]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1619,1743,715,754]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Uromys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and in the same monophyletic group with
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<emphasis box="[1022,1642,756,796]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Palmer" authorityYear="1906" box="[1022,1266,756,796]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mesembriomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Mesembriomys</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1906" box="[1286,1451,756,796]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leporillus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Leporillus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1838" box="[1471,1635,756,796]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Conilurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Conilurus</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName authority="(Watts et al., 1992)" baseAuthorityName="Watts" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[363,842,800,839]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Zyzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[363,507,800,839]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Zyzomys</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Watts, C. H. S. & P. R. Baverstock & J. Birrell & M. Krieg" box="[535,834,800,839]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" 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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)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="114.[195,1844,297,965]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">
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<bibRefCitation author="Mahoney, J. A. & B. J. Richardson" box="[405,963,841,881]" pageId="114" pageNumber="615" 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>
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cataloged taxonomic, distributional, and biological references to Australian species; Flannery (19906) summarized the same for many of the New
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<collectingCountry box="[735,857,927,965]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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<emphasis box="[870,1024,927,965]" italics="true" pageId="114" pageNumber="615">Melomys.</emphasis>
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