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<taxonomicName authority="Ramsay, 1877 g" authorityName="Ramsay. It" authorityYear="1877" box="[962,1344,630,656]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musavora">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[962,1145,630,656]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Mus musavora</emphasis>
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Ramsay,
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<paragraph blockId="88.[869,1378,676,698]" box="[869,1378,676,698]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<emphasis box="[869,1167,676,698]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (ser. 1)</emphasis>
2(1): 16. (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1013,719,744]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Common name</emphasis>
. Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed rat.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,995,765,789]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Current name</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis box="[1006,1306,765,789]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Melomys rufescens rufescens</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, following
<bibRefCitation author="Menzies, J" box="[947,1116,794,818]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" pagination="367 - 426" refId="ref138923" refString="Menzies, J. I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 44 (4): 367 - 426. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / ZO 9960367" type="journal article" year="1996">Menzies (1996)</bibRefCitation>
and Musser &amp; Carleton (2005).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="88.[837,1468,839,1362]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1913-12-16" collectionCode="M" collectorName="Rev. George Brown" location="Islands Bought of Cockerell" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" specimenCode="M.2368" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="York" typeStatus="syntype">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,941,839,863]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<typeStatus box="[839,941,839,863]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Syntypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
. (
<specimenCount box="[963,977,840,864]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">3</specimenCount>
, by subsequent determination).
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<specimenCode box="[1309,1395,839,863]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">M.2368</specimenCode>
</emphasis>
,
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, (skin tag 49), skull, study skin. A tag attached to the skin and initialed by Ramsay states: “No. 49 Type of the species ♂.
<taxonomicName authority="Duke" authorityName="Duke" box="[839,1064,927,951]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musavora">Mus musavora Duke</taxonomicName>
of
<collectingRegion box="[1102,1154,927,951]" country="United Kingdom" name="York" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">York</collectingRegion>
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FFE1736C1BF0FD9DFE669424:8EAB6005FFE1736D1CB8FC74FA6E948B" box="[1162,1467,927,951]" name="Islands Bought of Cockerell" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" stateProvince="York">Islands Bought of Cockerell</location>
E.P.R.” M Register entry states “
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<emphasis box="[1179,1334,958,981]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Mus musavora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male, Duke of
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, TYPE, collected by
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, purchased from Cockerell”, registered on
<date box="[1270,1467,1015,1040]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" value="1913-12-16">
<collectingDate box="[1270,1467,1015,1040]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" value="1913-12-16">16 December 1913</collectingDate>
</date>
from the “old collection 1876”. Collection date not given, assumed to be about 1876 by Troughton (1936a)
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1913-12-16" collectorName="Islands Rev. G. Brown" county="Type" location="Island" municipality="Duke" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="York" typeStatus="lectotype">Lectotype and paralectotype possibly designated by Troughton (1936a); see below.</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1913-12-16" collectionCode="M" collectorName="Islands Rev. G. Brown" county="Type" location="Island" municipality="Duke" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" specimenCode="M.2367" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="York" typeStatus="lectotype">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[961,1045,1133,1157]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<specimenCode box="[961,1045,1133,1157]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">M.2367</specimenCode>
</emphasis>
,
<specimenCount box="[1060,1135,1133,1157]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" type="female">female</specimenCount>
, (skin tag 54), study skin with skull
<emphasis box="[903,975,1163,1186]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">in situ</emphasis>
. Early tag attached to skin, likely to be in Ramsays hand states: “Type of the species ♀
<taxonomicName authority="Duke" authorityName="Duke" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musavora">
<emphasis box="[1312,1466,1192,1215]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Mus musavora</emphasis>
Duke
</taxonomicName>
of York
<collectorName box="[981,1213,1221,1245]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Islands Rev. G. Brown</collectorName>
” same details as M.2368 and also entered as “TYPE”.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1913-12-16" collectionCode="M" collectorName="Islands Rev. G. Brown" county="Type" location="Duke of York Island" municipality="Duke" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" specimenCode="M.2348" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="York" typeStatus="lectotype">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1157,1242,1250,1274]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<specimenCode box="[1157,1242,1250,1274]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">M.2348</specimenCode>
</emphasis>
, (skin tag 53), skull, study skin,
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, indeterminate sex, M Register entry states “
<taxonomicName box="[851,1012,1310,1333]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musavora">
<emphasis box="[851,1012,1310,1333]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Mus musavora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, young,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD87C8FFE1736C1BF0FD9DFE669424:8EAB6005FFE1736D1C6BFAF6FAEB9209" box="[1113,1342,1309,1333]" county="Type" municipality="Duke" name="Duke of York Island" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" stateProvince="York">Duke of York Island</location>
, 1876, Old Coll., Rev. George Brown”, registered
<date box="[1254,1460,1338,1362]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" value="1913-12-16">
<collectingDate box="[1254,1460,1338,1362]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" value="1913-12-16">16 December 1913</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="88.[837,1469,1383,1642]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,953,1383,1407]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Condition</emphasis>
.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[969,1054,1383,1407]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">M.2368</emphasis>
: cranium missing occipital area, both auditory capsules; both dentaries missing angular processes. Incomplete study skin: tail is detached, lower lip missing, bald patch in front of right ear on the dorsal surface, faded.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,924,1501,1525]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">M.2367</emphasis>
: study skin, left front limb almost detached, tail bent at the base, right ear almost detached.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1249,1334,1530,1554]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">M.2348</emphasis>
: incomplete cranium, missing right side of occipital area, and anterior tips of both nasals, soft palate retained on cranium. Study skin complete.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="88.[837,1467,1663,1776]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,1181,1663,1688]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Cranial measurements (mm)</emphasis>
. M.2368: GL, —; NasL, 13.51; NasB, 4.54; DIL, 10.16; APV, 4.77; PAL, 18.99; UMR (alv.), 6.82; ZB, 18.79; POC, 6.36; BUL, —; MB, —; DL (condyl.), 21.27; LMR (alv.), 6.35.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="88.[839,1466,1797,1850]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,985,1797,1821]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Type locality</emphasis>
. “Duke of York Island” (Ramsay),
<collectingRegion country="Papua New Guinea" name="East New Britain" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">East New Britain Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry box="[1028,1238,1826,1850]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="89" lastPageNumber="366" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="88.[839,1467,1871,2013]" lastBlockId="89.[119,750,152,792]" lastPageId="89" lastPageNumber="366" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[839,968,1871,1895]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Comments</emphasis>
. Ramsay does not indicate the number of specimens he examined but his account of external and cranial characters suggests that he examined more than one. Troughton (1936a: 345) made a passing reference to “ the
<typeStatus box="[839,934,1989,2013]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">lectotype</typeStatus>
male and
<typeStatus box="[1036,1120,1989,2013]" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">allotype</typeStatus>
female of
<taxonomicName authority="Ramsay" authorityName="Ramsay. It" authorityYear="1877" box="[1223,1465,1989,2013]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="88" pageNumber="365" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musavora">
<emphasis box="[1223,1376,1990,2013]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="365">Mus musavora</emphasis>
Ramsay
</taxonomicName>
=
<taxonomicName authority="Alston" authorityName="Alston" box="[141,414,152,176]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">
<emphasis box="[141,339,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Melomys rufescens</emphasis>
Alston
</taxonomicName>
, from Duke of
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Island, Nos. M.236768, collected by the Rev. George Brown about 1876”. However, on the same page, he refers to the “
<typeStatus box="[586,680,210,234]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">holotype</typeStatus>
skull” of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ramsay. It" authorityYear="1877" box="[148,251,240,263]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musavora">
<emphasis box="[148,251,240,263]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">musavora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In his unpublished list of AM mammal types he listed M.2367 as a
<typeStatus box="[322,418,269,293]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">lectotype</typeStatus>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Troughton, E" box="[432,613,269,293]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" refId="ref147925" refString="Troughton, E. [L. G.] 1956. Typical specimens of mammals [list of mammal type specimens in AM collection]. Australian Museum Archives: AMS 186 / 4. Typescript manuscript signed by Troughton and dated 24 th July, 1956. 3 pp." type="book" year="1956">Troughton, 1956</bibRefCitation>
). We are not aware of any formal
<typeStatus box="[346,442,298,322]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">lectotype</typeStatus>
designation, before or since, and leave open the question of whether Troughtons mention constitutes
<typeStatus box="[248,348,357,381]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">lectotype</typeStatus>
fixation.
<bibRefCitation author="Menzies, J" box="[458,633,357,381]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" pagination="367 - 426" refId="ref138923" refString="Menzies, J. I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 44 (4): 367 - 426. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / ZO 9960367" type="journal article" year="1996">Menzies (1996)</bibRefCitation>
examined M.236768 and listed both under a heading “
<typeStatus box="[625,739,386,410]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Holotypes</typeStatus>
” (=
<typeStatus box="[154,250,416,440]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">syntypes</typeStatus>
). A further specimen (M.2348) could be from Ramsays original series. This specimen was not mentioned by Troughton (1936a; 1956), perhaps because it is immature. However, Ramsay mentions that he examined both adults and young. It was entered in the M Register in
<date box="[554,720,533,557]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" value="1913-12">December 1913</date>
as “
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ramsay. It" authorityYear="1877" box="[133,288,563,586]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musavora">
<emphasis box="[133,288,563,586]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Mus musavora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1876, Old Collection, Rev George Brown” “skin and skull”, but without subsequent amendment that it is a type, unlike the M Register entries for M.236768. Printed paper tags attached to the skins of the
<specimenCount box="[537,707,650,674]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" type="generic">three specimens</specimenCount>
are likely to be Palmer Register numbers (49, 53 and 54), and if so, are inconsistent with the data originally entered apparently in error by Palmer in the register; see previous account for
<emphasis box="[123,340,768,792]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[123,168,768,791]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Mus</taxonomicName>
(?) echimyoides
</emphasis>
Ramsay.
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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