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<emphasis bold="true" box="[173,361,824,851]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Mus salamonis</emphasis>
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Ramsay, 1882a
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[not 1883]
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<paragraph blockId="89.[151,720,871,920]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">
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<emphasis box="[151,456,871,892]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (ser. 1)</emphasis>
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7(1): 43, plate 2. (
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<date pageId="89" pageNumber="366" value="1882-05-23">23 May 1882</date>
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).
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.
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Naked-tailed rat.
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<paragraph blockId="89.[121,747,986,1040]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,295,986,1010]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Current name</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis box="[314,534,986,1010]" italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Solomys salamonis</emphasis>
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(Ramsay, 1882a)
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, following Musser & Carleton (2005).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,238,1061,1085]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">
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?
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<typeStatus box="[132,238,1061,1085]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Holotype</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. A.11257 by subsequent determination (
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). Male adult, skull (
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), body originally in alc., body evidently destroyed. The original register entry for locality is unambiguously given as “
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<collectingRegion box="[490,568,1149,1173]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Florida</collectingRegion>
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Isld S.” This was subsequently crossed out and replaced with Ugi Island, in handwriting consistent with that of Troughton. Collected by Alexander Morton, registered in
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<date box="[459,628,1237,1261]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" value="1881-12">December 1881</date>
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. Collection date not recorded in register but probably between late
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<date pageId="89" pageNumber="366" value="1881-04">April 1881</date>
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and
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<date box="[223,370,1296,1320]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" value="1881-06-10">June 10, 1881</date>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Lavery, T" box="[384,530,1296,1320]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" pagination="99 - 102" refId="ref136843" refString="Lavery, T. H. 2014. A reassessment of the type locality of the giant rat Solomys salamonis (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Solomon Islands. Australian Mammalogy 36 (1): 99 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AM 13019" type="journal article" year="2014">Lavery, 2014</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<bibRefCitation author="Troughton, E" box="[546,747,1295,1320]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" pagination="128 - 130" refId="ref147530" refString="Troughton, E. L. G. 1936 c. A redescription of Solomys (" Mus ") salamonis Ramsay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61 (3 & 4): 128 - 130." type="journal article" year="1936">Troughton (1936c)</bibRefCitation>
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stated that the
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<typeStatus box="[274,367,1325,1349]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">holotype</typeStatus>
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skin had been lost long ago, but the AM A Register notes “Skin worthless—destroyed 24.xii.13” [= 1913], in what appears to be Troughton’s handwriting.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="89.[121,748,1429,1482]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,235,1429,1453]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Condition</emphasis>
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. Cranium missing anterior part of both nasals, otherwise complete; both dentaries complete.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,267,1503,1528]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Type locality</emphasis>
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. Unresolved, either the Florida Island Group (Nggela Group),
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<collectingRegion box="[307,492,1533,1557]" country="Solomon Islands" name="Central" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Central Province</collectingRegion>
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, or Ugi Island, Makira- Ulawa Province,
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<collectingCountry box="[305,487,1562,1586]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Solomon Islands</collectingCountry>
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.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="90" lastPageNumber="367" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="89.[119,750,1607,2013]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[121,251,1607,1631]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Comments</emphasis>
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. Known only from the original specimen (
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<bibRefCitation author="Flannery, T" box="[128,302,1637,1661]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" refId="ref129017" refString="Flannery, T. 1995 c. Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Chatswood, New South Wales: Australian Museum / Reed Books. 464 pp." type="book" year="1995">Flannery, 1995c</bibRefCitation>
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). This taxon was redescribed by
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<bibRefCitation author="Troughton, E" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" pagination="128 - 130" refId="ref147530" refString="Troughton, E. L. G. 1936 c. A redescription of Solomys (" Mus ") salamonis Ramsay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61 (3 & 4): 128 - 130." type="journal article" year="1936">Troughton (1936c)</bibRefCitation>
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, who claimed to have relocated Ramsay’s original skull. He stated that “… careful examination of the “old collection” crania in the Museum resulted in discovery of the
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<typeStatus box="[121,214,1754,1778]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">holotype</typeStatus>
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skull, the identity of which is definitely established by comparisons with Ramsay’s illustrations”.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="89.[794,1421,1795,1844]" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">
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Figure 41. Skull alleged to be AM A.11257, holotype of
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<taxonomicName authority="Ramsay, 1882 a" authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="89" pageNumber="366" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="salamonis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="89" pageNumber="366">Mus salamonis</emphasis>
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Ramsay, 1882a
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. (Photography by Stuart Humphreys).
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While it is clear that Ramsay’s original specimen was registered with the number A.11257 as indicated in the A Register, we do not share Troughton’s conviction that the skull he assigned to A.11257, at the time an unlabelled skull, is definitely Ramsay’s original specimen. There is no doubt that the registration number is correct and that cranial and dental measurements given by Ramsay broadly fit those of the skull assigned by Troughton, not withstanding the uncertainty of how Ramsay took some of his measurements. However, there are substantial differences in cranial morphology between the skull assigned by Troughton, and the illustrations accompanying Ramsay’s account— Ramsay’s illustrations show features more consistent with a species of
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<emphasis box="[293,376,211,234]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">Uromys</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis box="[392,486,211,234]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">Cyromys</emphasis>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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, a subgenus restricted to the
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<collectingCountry box="[165,344,239,263]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">Solomon Islands</collectingCountry>
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(see
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<bibRefCitation author="Groves, C" box="[400,675,239,264]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" pagination="145 - 169" refId="ref132225" refString="Groves, C. P. and T. F. Flannery. 1994. A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46 (2): 145 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.46.1994.12" type="journal article" year="1994">Groves & Flannery, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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), while the skull assigned by Troughton to A.11257 displays features of
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<emphasis box="[199,290,298,322]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">Solomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation author="Groves, C" box="[367,659,298,322]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" pagination="145 - 169" refId="ref132225" refString="Groves, C. P. and T. F. Flannery. 1994. A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46 (2): 145 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.46.1994.12" type="journal article" year="1994">Groves & Flannery, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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). A detailed assessment of this issue will be presented elsewhere.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="90.[164,796,151,1379]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">
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The incorrect citation of 1883 as year of publication of
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<taxonomicName authority="Ramsay" authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1882" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="salamonis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">Mus salamonis</emphasis>
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Ramsay
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</taxonomicName>
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is entrenched in the literature, but
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<bibRefCitation author="Fletcher, J" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" pagination="533 - 536" refId="ref129679" refString="Fletcher, J. J. 1896. On the dates of publication of the early volumes of the Society's Proceedings. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (series 2) 10 (4): 533 - 536. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 24365" type="journal article" year="1896">Fletcher (1896)</bibRefCitation>
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indicates that volume 7, part 1 was published in
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<date pageId="90" pageNumber="367" value="1882-05">May 1882</date>
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.Although Ramsay unambiguously gave the type locality as Ugi Island, this was amended anonymously to Florida Island in a separate erratum slip inserted into volume 7, part 2 (published
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<date box="[278,415,533,557]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" value="1882-08">August 1882</date>
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); most recent authors since Laurie & Hill (1954) have accepted Florida Island as the type locality. Troughton forcefully contended that the
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<typeStatus box="[598,689,591,615]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">holotype</typeStatus>
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had been collected on Ugi Island, citing mention of a new
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[691,736,622,645]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[691,736,622,645]" italics="true" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">Mus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from Ugi in a published report on the collecting trip by
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<bibRefCitation author="Morton, A" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" pagination="59 - 64" refId="ref139410" refString="Morton, A. 1882. Notes on a cruise to the Solomon islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (series 1) 7 (1): 59 - 64. [Dated 1883, published 1882]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 22725" type="journal article" year="1882">Morton (1882)</bibRefCitation>
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and this was accepted by
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<bibRefCitation author="Tate, G" box="[494,628,679,703]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" pagination="183 - 430" refId="ref144952" refString="Tate, G. H. H. 1951 b. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97 (4): 183 - 430." type="journal article" year="1951">Tate (1951b)</bibRefCitation>
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. We suspect that
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<bibRefCitation author="Troughton, E" box="[164,361,709,733]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" pagination="128 - 130" refId="ref147530" refString="Troughton, E. L. G. 1936 c. A redescription of Solomys (" Mus ") salamonis Ramsay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61 (3 & 4): 128 - 130." type="journal article" year="1936">Troughton (1936c)</bibRefCitation>
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was unaware of the erratum slip, which is not mentioned in his paper; we failed to find a copy in the AM. In his recent review,
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<bibRefCitation author="Lavery, T" box="[385,535,768,792]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" pagination="99 - 102" refId="ref136843" refString="Lavery, T. H. 2014. A reassessment of the type locality of the giant rat Solomys salamonis (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Solomon Islands. Australian Mammalogy 36 (1): 99 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AM 13019" type="journal article" year="2014">Lavery (2014)</bibRefCitation>
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considered the evidence of the erratum slip and also summarized Morton’s itinerary in the
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<collectingCountry box="[233,409,826,850]" name="Solomon Islands" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">Solomon Islands</collectingCountry>
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during 1882. Lavery concluded that the
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<typeStatus box="[207,298,855,879]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">holotype</typeStatus>
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was obtained from Ugi, primarily on the basis of Morton’s report, although he acknowledged the ambiguity of Morton’s account regarding the duration of their stay in the Florida group. In preparing this report, we uncovered another piece of relevant evidence—the original entry for A.
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<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8592779999999998" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" unit="in" value="11257.0">11257 in</quantity>
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the A Register, made in
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<date box="[456,627,1002,1026]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" value="1881-12">December 1881</date>
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, reads “
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<taxonomicName box="[713,794,1002,1026]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">Mus sp</taxonomicName>
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nov Florida Isld”. The handwriting is most likely Ramsay’s (Ian McAllan, pers. comm. 2015). This was subsequently amended to Ugi by Troughton, presumably based on the title of Ramsay’s paper. Morton was present when Ramsay read his paper naming the taxon at the
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<date box="[564,704,1149,1173]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367" value="1882-01">January 1882</date>
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meeting of the Linnean Society of NSW, so at that time, both men presumably concurred at that time that Ugi was the collecting locality, unless Morton, for whatever reason, was averse to contradicting Ramsay. We conclude that the type locality of this taxon remains unresolved; a detailed discussion will be presented in a separate paper on the putative
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<typeStatus box="[630,721,1325,1349]" pageId="90" pageNumber="367">holotype</typeStatus>
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and its type locality.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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