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<figureCitation id="0EA24FE63447FFF6E1792E0977E98121" box="[78,160,512,562]" captionStart="Plate 41: Muridae" captionStartId="91.[82,112,3184,3209]" captionTargetBox="[15,2720,17,3646]" captionTargetPageId="90" captionText="248. Long-footed Tree Mouse (Lorentzimys nouhuwysi), 249. Lesser Small-toothed Rat (Macruromys elegans), 250. Greater Small-toothed Rat (Macruromys major), 251. De Vis’s Woolly Rat (Mallomys aroaensis), 252. Alpine Woolly Rat (Mallomys gunung), 253. Subalpine Woolly Rat (Mallomys istapantap), 254. Rothschild’s Woolly Rat (Mallomys rothschildi), 255. Highland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Mammelomys lanosus), 256. Lowland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Mammelomys rattoides), 258. Long-tailed Talaud Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys talaudium), 259. Dusky Seram Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys aerosus), 260. Manusela Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys fraterculus), 262. Obi Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys obiensis), 263. Pavel’s Seram Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys paveli), 264. Rossel Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys arcium), 265. Bannister’s Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys bannisteri), 266. Fawn-footed Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys cervinipes), 267. Yamdena Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys cooperae), 268. Dollman’s Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys dollmani), 269. Snow Mountains Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys frigicola), 270. Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys howi), 271. White-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys leucogaster), 272. Papua Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys lutullus), 273. Manus Island Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys matambuai), 274. Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys rufescens), 275. Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys bougainville), 276. Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys burtoni), 277. Cape York Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys capensis)" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887484" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6887484/files/figure.png" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">270.</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E2522E0973228121" box="[869,1131,512,562]" italics="true" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Melomys howi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E17A2E4D77D0814A" bold="true" box="[77,153,580,601]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">French:</emphasis>
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/
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E05F2E4D768B814A" bold="true" box="[360,450,580,601]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">German:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName id="189A234D3447FFF6E0FB2E4D7594814A" ID-CoL="3ZMX3" authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1996" box="[460,733,580,601]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" language="deu" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howi">Riama-Mosaikschwanzratte</vernacularName>
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/
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E3C42E4D7407814A" bold="true" box="[755,846,580,601]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName id="189A234D3447FFF6E26F2E4D73DD814A" ID-CoL="3ZMX3" authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1996" box="[856,1172,580,601]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" language="esp" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howi">Rata de cola moteada de Riama</vernacularName>
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E17A2E67760D8190" bold="true" box="[77,324,622,643]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Other common names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName id="189A234D3447FFF6E0792E6775798190" ID-CoL="3ZMX3" authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1996" box="[334,560,622,643]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" language="eng" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howi">Riama Island Melomys</vernacularName>
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E3862EBF740481DC" bold="true" box="[689,845,694,719]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E26C2EBF73B281DC" ID-CoL="3ZMX3" authority="Kitchener, 1996" authorityName="Kitchener" authorityYear="1996" box="[859,1275,694,719]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="howi">Melomys howi Kitchener, 1996</taxonomicName>
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,
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G. G.Musser and M. D. Carleton in 2005 found
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to be similar to some M. cf.
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E3822F7B74478087" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[693,782,882,916]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutillus">lutillus</taxonomicName>
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from Papua New Guinea and suggested that it belonged to the
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E56D2F90724D80A8" authorityName="Gould" authorityYear="1852" box="[1114,1284,921,955]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">M. cervinipes</taxonomicName>
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group, including
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,
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,
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E23B2FF974D1871A" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[780,920,1008,1033]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutillus">M. lutillus</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E2D82FF973CB871A" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1911" box="[1007,1154,1008,1033]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obiensis">M. obiensis</taxonomicName>
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. In their 2017 morphometric analysis on skulls, P H. Fabre and colleagues found M. how: as-
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sociated with a group coon of
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E3702861759A8792" baseAuthorityName="Ramsay" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[583,723,1128,1153]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burtoni">M. burtoni</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E3D2286174D98792" authorityName="Gould" authorityYear="1852" box="[741,912,1128,1153]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">M. cervinipes</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E2962861737E8792" box="[929,1079,1128,1153]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cooperae">M. cooperae</taxonomicName>
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,
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,
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E167288E77AD87BA" authorityName="Tate" authorityYear="1951" box="[80,228,1159,1193]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="frigicola">M. frigicola</taxonomicName>
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,
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, and also “
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?” from Halmahera. Monotypic.
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E17828BE77B687C3" bold="true" box="[79,255,1207,1232]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Riama I, S Moluccas, Indonesia.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E17828D774EE86F7" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="description">
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<paragraph id="962653633447FFF6E17828D774EE86F7" blockId="97.[79,1288,1128,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E17828D7760187E4" bold="true" box="[79,328,1246,1271]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
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Head—body 111-112 mm, tail 135-137, ear 15-2—15-5 mm, hindfeet 26-27 mm; weight 61-73 g. The Riama Island Mosaic-tailedRat is a
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E52828F473C2860C" box="[1055,1163,1277,1311]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Melomys</taxonomicName>
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of small body mass. Upperparts are tawny (yellow brown), head is cinnamon, and ventral area is grayish buff to pure white. Tail is of about same size as or slightly longer (121-123%) than head-body length, the scales flat and not sculptured, with three hairs per scale, andtail is bicolored, glaucous dorsally and pale gray ventrally. Feet are broad. There is a dark ring around eyes. Females have two pairs of mammae.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E16729E075F78520" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="962653633447FFF6E16729E075F78520" blockId="97.[79,1288,1128,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E16729E077F68518" bold="true" box="[80,191,1513,1547]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Habitat.</emphasis>
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Open low bushes beneath the patches of
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<taxonomicName id="519928E03447FFF6E23D29E073338518" box="[778,1146,1513,1547]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Casuarinaceae" genus="Casuarina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Casuarinaceae">Casuarina (Casuarinaceae)</taxonomicName>
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trees 5 m tall, on coastal areas from sea level to 200 m.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E1672A3176328590" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="food_feeding">
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<paragraph id="962653633447FFF6E1672A3176328590" blockId="97.[79,1288,1128,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E1672A31761F8549" bold="true" box="[80,342,1592,1626]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
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Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rats have been seen to eat seeds in leaf litter beneath shrubs.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E1662A8E761585C1" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="breeding">
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<paragraph id="962653633447FFF6E1662A8E761585C1" blockId="97.[79,1288,1128,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E1662A8E779185BA" bold="true" box="[81,216,1671,1705]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Breeding.</emphasis>
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One female was pregnant with two embryos, and another lactating and with two placentalscars.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E1672ADC733785E4" box="[80,1150,1749,1783]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="activity">
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<paragraph id="962653633447FFF6E1672ADC733785E4" blockId="97.[79,1288,1128,2019]" box="[80,1150,1749,1783]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E1672ADC767285E4" bold="true" box="[80,315,1749,1783]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
|
||
Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rats are diurnal and terrestrial.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="962653633447FFF6E1652AF4724D84AE" blockId="97.[79,1288,1128,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E1652AF474C88454" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="biology_ecology">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E1652AF47455840C" bold="true" box="[82,796,1789,1823]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
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||
A group of 10-15 individuals was observed feeding by day for one hour in an area of ¢.5 m®,
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E1652B45724D84AE" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="conservation">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E1652B4576FF847D" bold="true" box="[82,438,1868,1902]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
|
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Classified as Data Deficient in The IUCN Red List owing to absence of recent information on its distribution, threats, status, and ecology. The Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rat is known only from three specimensat the type locality.
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</subSubSection>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="DE8300E83447FFF6E1632BC3733684F0" box="[84,1151,1994,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697" type="bibRefCitation_list">
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<paragraph id="962653633447FFF6E1632BC3733684F0" blockId="97.[79,1288,1128,2019]" box="[84,1151,1994,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">
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<emphasis id="A4ED8F713447FFF6E1632BC377A584F0" bold="true" box="[84,236,1994,2019]" pageId="97" pageNumber="697">Bibliography.</emphasis>
|
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Fabre, Fitriana et al. (2017), Kitchener & Suyanto (1996), Musser & Carleton (2005).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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