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locality 
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“Hinchinbrook Island, near Cardwell, 
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,”
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.
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<paragraph id="807736A2FF916E7DFFF2F967FEB4F8D2" blockId="0.[109,793,1244,1843]" pageId="0" pageNumber="134">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF916E7DFFF2F967FCD1F8F2" ID-CoL="3ZMWT" authority="cervinipes: Iredale and Troughton, 1934: 86" authorityName="Iredale and Troughton" authorityPageNumber="86" authorityYear="1934" box="[109,788,1788,1811]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="134" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinipes" subSpecies="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF916E7DFFF2F967FE70F8F2" box="[109,437,1788,1811]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="134">Melomys cervinipes cervinipes</emphasis>
: Iredale and Troughton, 1934:86
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. Name combination.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF916E7DFCD7F900FA5AF953" ID-CoL="7DXVP" authority=": Iredale and Troughton, 1934: 86" authorityName="Iredale and Troughton" authorityPageNumber="86" authorityYear="1934" box="[840,1439,1691,1714]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="134" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="banfieldi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF916E7DFCD7F900FBD3F953" box="[840,1046,1691,1714]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="134">Melomys banfieldi</emphasis>
: Iredale and Troughton, 1934:86
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. Name combination.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF916E7DFCD7F940FAFFF913" ID-CoL="3ZMX8" authority="Troughton, 1935: 255" authorityName="Troughton" authorityPageNumber="255" authorityYear="1935" box="[840,1338,1755,1778]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="134" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="limicauda">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF916E7DFCD7F940FBE9F913" box="[840,1068,1755,1778]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="134">Melomys limicauda</emphasis>
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. 
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locality 
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“Hayman Island in the Whitsunday Group, on the north 
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coast between Bowen and Mackay,”
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.
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF906E7CFFF2FF50FD04FF03" authority="Rummler, 1936" authorityName="Rummler" authorityPageNumber="252" authorityYear="1936" box="[109,705,203,226]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinipes" subSpecies="banfieldi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFFF2FF50FE05FF03" box="[109,448,203,226]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys cervinipes banfieldi</emphasis>
: 
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. Name combination.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF906E7CFFF2FE90FD7CFEC3" ID-CoL="3ZMX8" authority=": Tate, 1951" authorityName="Tate" authorityPageNumber="292" authorityYear="1951" box="[109,697,267,290]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinipes" subSpecies="limicauda">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFFF2FE90FE1BFEC3" box="[109,478,267,290]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys cervinipes limicauda</emphasis>
: 
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. Name combination.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF906E7CFFF2FED0FDEBFE83" ID-CoL="5JMM2" authority="Tate, 1951" authorityName="Tate" authorityPageNumber="293" authorityYear="1951" box="[109,558,331,354]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinipes" subSpecies="bunya">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFFF2FED0FE4DFE83" box="[109,392,331,354]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys cervinipes bunya</emphasis>
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. 
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locality 
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“Bunya Mountains, 
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,”
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, 
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.
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<subSubSection id="C8D26529FF906E7CFFF2FE3AFDA9FD39" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" type="discussion">
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CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order 
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, family 
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, subfamily 
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, tribe 
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. The genus 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFDA7FE5AFD5DFE39" box="[568,664,449,472]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys</emphasis>
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contains 21 species, of which 18 are native to New 
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, 
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, and the 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFEC3FD9AFE36FDF9" author="MENZIES, J. I." box="[348,499,513,536]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="367 - 426" refId="ref15339" refString="MENZIES, J. I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 367 - 426." type="journal article" year="1996">Menzies 1996</bibRefCitation>
; Wilson and Reader 2005) and 3 are native to 
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: grassland melomys 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFD1BFDBAFF53FDB9" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys burtoni</emphasis>
, Cape
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York melomys 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFE18FDDAFD8FFDB9" box="[391,586,577,600]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFD18FDDAFCDCFDB9" box="[647,793,577,600]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(van Dyck and Strahan 2008; Jackson and Groves 2015). A 4th Australian species, Bramble Cay melomys 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFDD3FD1AFCD4FD79" box="[588,785,641,664]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys rubicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, was declared extinct in 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFE6BFD3AFD1BFD59" author="WOINARSKI, J. C. Z. &amp; A. B. BURBIDGE &amp; AND P. L." box="[500,734,673,696]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="4531 - 4540" refId="ref17905" refString="WOINARSKI, J. C. Z., A. B. BURBIDGE, AND P. L. HARRISON. 2014. Ongoing unraveling of a continental fauna: decline and extinction of Australian mammals since European settlement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA 112: 4531 - 4540." type="journal article" year="2014">Woinarski et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
). No subspecies are recognized within 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFE4BFD5AFDA0FD39" box="[468,613,705,728]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="807736A2FF906E7CFFF2FC92FEF9FB61" blockId="1.[108,794,777,1536]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">
NOMENCLATURAL NOTES. The original female 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFDE1FC92FF7CFCA1" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected by 
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is the designated 
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BM 52.12.15.1 (
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). 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFE75FCD2FD4BFC81" author="THOMAS, O." box="[490,654,841,864]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="237 - 240" refId="ref16918" refString="THOMAS, O. 1888. Description of a new genus and species of rat from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 56: 237 - 240." type="journal article" year="1888">Thomas (1888</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFD3BFCD2FD1CFC81" author="THOMAS, O." box="[676,729,841,864]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="446 - 447" refId="ref16950" refString="THOMAS, O. 1902. Description of a new Uromys from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 446 - 447." type="journal article" year="1902">1902</bibRefCitation>
) and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFFF2FCF2FEE5FC61" author="THOMSON, B." box="[109,288,873,896]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="513 - 527" refId="ref17060" refString="THOMSON, B. 1889. Narrative of an exploring expedition to the eastern part of New Guinea. Scottish Geographical Magazine 5: 513 - 527." type="journal article" year="1889">Thomson (1889)</bibRefCitation>
first mention 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFE29FCF2FDBBFC61" box="[438,638,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Uromys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in their publications; however, the designation of the species 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFDF7FC12FD13FC41" box="[616,726,905,928]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the genus 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFF2AFC32FECDFC21" box="[181,264,937,960]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Uromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was only formally described by 
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. 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFFF2FC52FF2DFC01" author="TATE, G. H. H." box="[109,232,969,992]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="189 - 430" refId="ref16836" 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: 189 - 430." type="journal article" year="1951">Tate (1951)</bibRefCitation>
identified 9 subspecies (races) within 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFD1FFC52FCD7FC01" box="[640,786,969,992]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 2 of which were elevated to full species rank (
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFDF7FC72FD2EFBE1" box="[616,747,1001,1024]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF906E7CFFF0FB92FF37FBC1" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1924" box="[111,242,1033,1056]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubicola">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFFF0FB92FF37FBC1" box="[111,242,1033,1056]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. rubicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFEA2FB92FE31FBC1" box="[317,500,1033,1056]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. c. albiventer</emphasis>
was synonymized within the sister taxon 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFE81FBB2FE57FBA1" box="[286,402,1065,1088]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. burtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. All other races were synonymized within 
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by Watts and Aslin (1981) and Mahoney and Richardson (1988).
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The generic name, 
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is derived from the English 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFFF2FB32FF19FB21" box="[109,220,1193,1216]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melanesia</emphasis>
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, indicating the wide distribution of species from this genus (
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), and the Greek 
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for mouse (
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). The species name 
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is from the Latin 
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for deer or fawn and 
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for foot (
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), referring to the light coloring (fawn) of the feet. Other vernacular names include bufffooted rat (
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), (fawn-footed) mosaic-tailed rat (Taylor and Horner 1970), (fawn-footed) naked-tailed rat (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFD35FAF2FF1AFA41" author="MCKENZIE, R. A. &amp; P. E. GREEN &amp; AND E." pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="486 - 487" refId="ref15255" refString="MCKENZIE, R. A., P. E. GREEN, AND E. KNOX. 1976. Notoedres muris infestation in a naked-tailed rat Melomys cervinipes. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 12: 486 - 487." type="journal article" year="1976">McKenzie et al. 1976</bibRefCitation>
), large khaki rat (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFE3FFA12FDFFFA41" author="REDHEAD, T. D." box="[416,570,1417,1440]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" refId="ref15732" refString="REDHEAD, T. D. 1983. Fawn-footed melomys. Pp. 374 - 375 in The complete book of Australian mammals (R. Strahan, ed.). Angus and Robertson Publishers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia." type="book" year="1983">Redhead 1983</bibRefCitation>
), fawn-footed scaletailed rat (
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), tawny-foot Melanesian mouse (Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFF01FA52FEE9FA01" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[158,300,1481,1504]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
), fawn-footed melomys (
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), and looloong (Aboriginal name—Braithwaite et al. 1995).
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFEEEF9A5FDD1F9B9" bold="true" box="[369,532,1598,1624]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">DIAGNOSIS</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFF07F919FEA9F978" box="[152,364,1666,1689]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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(
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) is so morphologically similar to its congener 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFF69F939FEADF958" box="[246,360,1698,1721]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. burtoni</emphasis>
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that field identification is often difficult. Although the 2 species occupy different habitats, there appears to be some overlap (van Dyck and Strahan 2008), making accurate field identification essential. 
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found that absolute tail length and body mass, based on age class, could be simple field measures. However, how the age classes of animals were identified in the field was not given, and the tail ranges were very small considering the high sample numbers (e.g., length ranging just ± 
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from the species mean for mature male 
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). This is questionable, considering that tail length and body mass have been found to show considerable overlap in prior studies (
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; Watts and Aslin 1981; Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFCD5FED0FC10FE83" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[842,981,331,354]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
); thus, it is suggested that these are unlikely to be useful field identification measures. 
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found that tail length, as expressed as a percentage of head and body length, was longer for 
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by approximately 7%. However, this requires further validation, as the sample size for 
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was small (
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= 7). The number of tail scale rows differs between species, with 
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having 13 and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFAB5FD90FA65FDC3" box="[1322,1440,523,546]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. burtoni</emphasis>
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having 14–15 (
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). 
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and 
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have developed a method of field identification using the length of the 1st and 5th interdigital pads, whereby individuals with a 1st interdigital pad greater than 
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and a 5th interdigital pad greater than 
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can be classified as 
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. The 2 species can also be distinguished by their dentition (
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF906E7CFCD7FD70FC05FCE3" author="KNOX, E." box="[840,960,747,770]" pageId="1" pageNumber="135" pagination="276 - 277" refId="ref14423" refString="KNOX, E. 1978. A note on the identification of Melomys species (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia. Journal of Zoology London 185: 276 - 277." type="journal article" year="1978">Knox 1978</bibRefCitation>
), although this is not useful for identification in the field. The toothrows of 
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show a greater angle of divergence, and the length of the toothrow is longer relative to the difference in the distance across the mouth between M 
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and M 
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(
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). The upper molar alveolar patterns are also distinct, with 
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showing 4 roots on the 1st and 2nd upper molars, whereas 
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has 5 (
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). M1 alveolar length is also a distinctive character (93.5% effectiveness of species determination), with a value greater than 
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characteristic of 
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(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. 
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</taxonomicName>
shows a broader interorbital region than 
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, which is posteriorly undercut at the sides of the orbits, and with more pronounced ridges on the upper surface (Watts and Aslin 1981). In addition, the anterior palatal foramina broadens posteriorly and the molars are larger (Watts and Aslin 1981).
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFCECFB50FB80FB03" box="[883,1093,1227,1250]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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can also be differentiated from 
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- sis
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and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF906E7CFC01FB70FBD8FAE3" box="[926,1053,1259,1282]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="135">M. rubicola</emphasis>
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based on geographic range. 
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is found on the Cape 
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Peninsula and 
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is found on Bramble Cay Island (van Dyck and Strahan 2008).
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is a small, light gray-brown to russet brown (color is highly variable and can change with age—Watts and Aslin 1981) murid rodent with a white to cream ventral surface, a brown to black tail, and light fawn-colored feet (Moore and 
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). Young animals are often a uniform light gray (Watts and Aslin 1981). The fur is soft, fine, and long, and dark whiskers are conspicuous on the muzzle (Watts and Aslin 1981). There is no apparent sexual dimorphism in color. The ears are short, rounded, and dark gray to black, and the eyes bulge conspicuously (Watts and Aslin 1981). As for all members of the tribe 
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, the tail is naked, with the scales arranged in a mosaic-like pattern (interlocking with little overlap—Watts and Aslin 1981), with short hairs (
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; Breed and Ford 2007), and is approximately equal to the head–body length (Watts and Aslin 1981). The tail is partially prehensile, with the tip capable of curving round objects to potentially provide support (
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). The hind feet are long and wide. Mean measurements (value ± 
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; with parenthetical ranges when appropriate—compiled from 
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; 
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; Taylor and Horner 1970; 
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; Watts and Aslin 1981; 
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; Moore and 
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) of 
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(sexes combined) were: body mass, 72.9 ± 
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); head–body length, 133.5 ± 
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); tail length, 142.6 ± 
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The head is broad (Watts and Aslin 1981) and the skull delicate (
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). The skull is difficult to distinguish from that of 
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, although there is a tendency toward larger size, with divergence in the posterior molar rows, compared to the more parallel rows of 
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. Mean ± 
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craniodental measurements (mm; with parenthetical range—compiled from 
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; Watts and Aslin 1981; 
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; TLR) of adult 
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(sexes combined) were: greatest skull length, 33 ± 1.7 (26.4–39.5); condylobasal length, 31.2 ± 1.6 (28.9–33.4); basal length, 28.8 ± 1.7 (26.5–31.1); zygomatic breadth, 17.4 ± 0.9 (13.7–20.7); interorbital width, 5.3 ± 0.1 (3.8–6.6); interparietal length, 9.9 ± 0.2 (9.5–10.1); interparietal width, 4.6 ± 0.2 (4.3–4.8); braincase width, 15.3 ± 0.2 (15–15.6); rostrum length, 10.9 ± 0.7 (7.1–11.6); rostrum width, 3.6 ± 0.2 (3.3–3.9); maximum rostrum width, 6.4 ± 0.1 (4.8–7.6); palatal length, 17.2 ± 0.8 (16.2–18.3); length of the anterior palatal foramina, 5.8 ± 0.4 (4.9–7.9); width of anterior palatal foramina, 2.3 ± 0.1 (1.6–3); 
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width, 2.8 ± 0.2 (2.2–4.1); 
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width, 6.9 ± 0.2 (6.6–7.2); insi- 
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length, 6.5 ± 0.2 (6.3–6.7); upper molar alveolus, 6.8 ± 0.3 (5.9–8.7); length of incisive foramen, 13.5 ± 0.1 (10.3–17.2); bulla length, 5.1 ± 0.2 (4.4–6.7).
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is endemic to 
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, occurring along the eastern coast and subcoastal areas of 
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and 
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(
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). It is found from sea level (0 m) up to between 
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(Mt. Elliot—Williams et al. 1993a) and 
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(
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), ranging from tropical Northern 
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, south of the Cape York Peninsula (
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; 
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) down to central 
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, about 
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north of Sydney (
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; 151°15′50.13″—Bryant and Fuller 2014; 
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).
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF936E7FFFF1F969FF6AF8E6" bold="true" box="[110,175,1778,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="136">Fig. 2.</emphasis>
—Dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of skull and lateral view of the mandible of an adult 
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(James Cook University Cairns Museum Collection, #45). The specimen was collected in Kirrima, Queensland, Australia (specific date and location unknown). Photograph by D. Wilson, used by permission. Greatest length of skull is 29.06 mm.
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF936E7FFCD7F969FC4DF8E6" bold="true" box="[840,904,1778,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="136">Fig. 3.</emphasis>
—Geographic distribution of 
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. Map redrawn from Atlas of Living Australia (ALA: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/ 
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+cervinipes; accessed 25 November 2016). The box with asterisk indicates historical records listed as 
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; however, these are likely to be 
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based on current biological knowledge of the 2 species.
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF926E7EFED4FEA6FDFFFEB6" bold="true" box="[331,570,317,343]" pageId="3" pageNumber="137">FOSSIL RECORD</emphasis>
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Rodent fossils appear in Australia’s rock strata dating 5–4.5 million years ago (
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; 
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; 
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) and fossil evidence shows 3 waves of rodent migration into 
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: the 1st wave (± 4.5 million years ago) bringing the Conilurini; the 2nd wave (± 2 million years ago) bringing the 
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and 
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; and the 3rd wave (± 1.28–0.85 million years ago) bringing the genus 
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(
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; 
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). The mosaic-tailed rats were part of the 2nd wave occurring during the mid-Pleistocene, approximately 1.8 million years ago (Breed and Ford 2007; 
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).
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Fossil records of Uromyine rodents in 
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are limited. Members of 
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were recorded in a limestone quarry on the northeast face of Mount Etna (
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; 
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, about 
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north of Rockhampton, Queensland—Hocknull et al. 2007), dated approximately 500,000 years old; however, the only definitive fossil record of 
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is in late Pleistocene fossils from Pyramids cave (ca. 
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north east of Buchan, 
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; 
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; 148°12′59″E—Mahoney 1965), dated approximately 
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years old (
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).
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF926E7EFEBEFBB2FDA1FBA2" bold="true" box="[289,612,1065,1091]" pageId="3" pageNumber="137">FORM AND FUNCTION</emphasis>
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The dental formula of 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF926E7EFE10FBF6FDA0FB65" box="[399,613,1133,1156]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="137">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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is i 1/1, c 0/0, p 0/0, m 3/3, total 16 (Breed and Ford 2007). The upper molar alveolar pattern and alveolar length of M1 distinguish 
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. 
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from 
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(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. 
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shows 4 distinctive roots on M1 and M2, and 3 roots on M3, while 
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shows a pattern of 5 roots on M1 and M2 and 3 roots on M3 (
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). M1 alveolar length of 
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ranges between 3.1 and 
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compared to the smaller range of 
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(2.4– 3.1 mm—Knox 1978). Upper incisors are opisthodont and the anterior palantine foramina is long, ending in line with the anterior face of the 1st molar (
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).
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Brain weight for 
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is estimated at 
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, accounting for about 2.7% of overall body mass (
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). According to 
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, the supraorbital crest extends as a weak ridge across the posterior surface of the cranium, fading as it reaches the posterior parietal margin. The parietal-squamosal suture turns away from the postorbital ridge, dipping downwards to form 90° (
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).
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The gonads of 
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resemble those of the brown rat 
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in their general morphology and histology (Taylor and Horner 1970). Adult females have 2 pairs of inguinal teats (
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; Calaby and Wimbush 1964; 
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; Watts and Aslin 1981). Although considered rare, sexual quiescence in adult females is characterized by closing of the vagina and ovarian inactivity, with absence of mature follicles and large corpora lutea, presence of only small- and medium-sized (350–450 pm) follicles (with extensive atresia), and advanced luteal degeneration (Taylor and Horner 1970). The adult female bears 2 uterine horns, typical of murids. The ovary of nonpregnant females is also typical of most murids, with atresia of follicles at different stages of development and healthy mature follicles of various sizes (Taylor and Horner 1970). Ripe follicles are considerably smaller than newly formed corpora lutea, measuring only 750–800 pm in diameter, compared to 1,000 pm, respectively (Taylor and Horner 1970). The average ovulation rate is 3.25 follicles per estrus (range 2–4) and ovulatory activity and corpora luteal formation is evenly distributed between the 2 ovaries (Taylor and Horner 1970). Pregnant females bear considerably larger corpora lutea (ca. 1,700 pm) than nonpregnant females during the early stages of pregnancy, when average embryo crown-rump length is 
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(Taylor and Horner 1970). The corpus luteum decreases in size as the embryo increases in size, indicating a decrease in the function of the corpus luteum at this time (Taylor and Horner 1970). Larger follicles are atretic (Taylor and Horner 1970). The ovaries of juvenile females are characterized by naked peripheral ova, numerous small- and medium-sized follicles (approximately 475 pm), and extensive atresia (Taylor and Horner 1970).
</paragraph>
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Adult breeding males have scrotal or inguinal testes (mean = 2.78 g—Breed and Taylor 2000), which are relatively large in relation to body size for a murid (Breed and Taylor 2000), being 2% of the body mass (
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). Nonbreeding males show some regression of the testes and accessory sex glands (Taylor and Horner 1970). The glans penis is morphologically similar to other murids (
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). It is relatively long (mean length= 
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), being 
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longer than 19 other species of Australian rodent, while the mean maximum width is 
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wider than 20 other Australian murids (mean = 3.2 mm—Mor-rissey and Breed 1982). Although the length and maximum width of the glans penis is greater in 
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than 
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, the width near the outer rim is 
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narrower (mean = 2.1 mm— Morrissey and Breed 1982). Small spines are absent from the base of the glans penis, but are visible near the tip, and epidermal folding is evident (Morrissey and Breed 1982). The proximal baculum is short and wide (mean ± 
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: length = 4.3 ± 
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; width = 2.6 ± 
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; length:width ratio = 1.6— 
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). The large (mean: 
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, range: 9.3–19.1 mm—Taylor and Horner 1970), well-developed saccular seminal vesicles have coagulating glands lying on the inner curves (
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) and the seminal vesicles are bound to the prostate at the base. Active spermatogenic seminiferous tubules have an average diameter of 136 μm (114–152 μm), while the lumina of the epididymal tubules, which are lined with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium, averages 137 μm (100–180 μm—Taylor and Horner 1970). In contrast, inactive seminiferous tubules and the lumina of the epididymal tubules average 75 μm (58–96 μm) and 20 μm (10–30 μm), respectively, with no active spermatogenesis (Taylor and Horner 1970). Male accessory glands include the following: 1 pair of small medial ventral prostates (
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); 1 small pair of dorsolateral prostates, with ducts entering the urethra on the ventrolateral surface (
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); 1 typical pair of dorsal prostates (
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), with numerous acini (Taylor and Horner 1970); 1 pair of Cowper’s glands (mean diameter = 
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, range = 1.8– 3.6mm—Taylor and Horner 1970); a compact collection of ampullary gland tubules lying toward the distal end of the vas deferens (
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); 1 pair of bulbourethrals (
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); preputial glands are absent (Taylor and Horner 1970; 
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), which is common to the 
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Uromyini (
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. Sperm length averages 107 μm (Breed and Taylor 2000) and the falciform sperm head is more complex than that of Australasian 
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, with 2 additional, elaborate F-actin containing processes (ventral) extending from the upper concave surface (Breed and Sarafis 1978; 
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; Breed and Aplin 1994; 
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), joining at the base (
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). Although the apical hook ultrastructural organization resembles the falciform spermatozoa of 
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, there are 2 ridges of subacrosomal material along the upper convex margin of the nucleus (
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; Breed and Leigh 1991; 
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). Juvenile males have smaller testes than adult males, which are situated in the lower abdominal position, and spermatogenesis, if present, does not progress beyond the primary spermatocyte stage (Taylor and Horner 1970). The average diameters of the seminiferous tubules (mean = 58 μm; range = 48–80 μm) and the tubular lumina (mean = 21 μm; range = 10–50 μm) are small, as are the accessory sex glands (Taylor and Horner 1970). The seminal vesicles are small (mean = 
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) and are generally nonsecretory in nature, while the luminar area is enclosed in an extensive bed of connective tissue, which is minimal in adults (Taylor and Horner 1970). The juvenile prostate has distinct, but small and simple, acini lined with pseudostratified low columnar epithelium and the Cowper’s glands are considerably smaller than adults, averaging 
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in diameter (Taylor and Horner 1970).
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Mean ± 
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blood chemistry values were: glucose (4.23 ± 0.19 mmol/l; 
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= 31), corticosterone (655 ± 
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/ ml; 
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= 38), and testosterone (0.1 ± 
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/ml; 
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= 33— 
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). The mean ± 
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percentages (%) of 4 metabolites obtained from 
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(
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= 4) injected with 3 doses (5, 25, and 
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/kg, respectively) of [
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C] phenol were: quinol glucuronide (10.7 ± 2.8, 11.3 ± 4.0, 23.1 ± 1.1), phenyl glucuronide (66.7 ± 4.1, 55.3 ± 4.3, 55.4 ± 2.5), quinol sulfate (1.3 ± 0.1, 1.1 ± 0.1, 3.5 ± 0.7), and phenyl sulfate (16.4 ± 4.4, 14.2 ± 6.8, 7.8 ± 2.9— 
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).
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF956E79FF50F8B2FD73F8A2" bold="true" box="[207,694,1833,1859]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138">ONTOGENY AND REPRODUCTION</emphasis>
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Sexual maturity in 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF956E79FEF5F8F6FD84F865" box="[362,577,1901,1924]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="138">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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generally occurs at approximately 
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body weight (Taylor and Horner 1970; 
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) and can be estimated when combined headbody length (excluding the tail) reaches 
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(Taylor and Horner 1970). The adult pelage is nearly completely attained by the time of sexual maturity (Taylor and Horner 1970). Sexual maturity in males is clearly observed when the testes are descended (
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) and testis length distinguishes spermatogenic individuals from sexually inactive individuals due either to immaturity or to regression (Taylor and Horner 1970). Testes measuring 
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signify sexual maturity (Taylor and Horner 1970).
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Sexual maturity is observed in females by the presence of prominent nipples (
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) and a perforate vagina (Taylor and Horner 1970), which occurs at about 80 days (75– 85— 
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). In addition, milk can be expressed easily from lactating females (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FBD1FD10FB0FFD43" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[1102,1226,651,674]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
), also providing an indicator of breeding condition. Females are polyestrous (Taylor and Horner 1970) and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FB98FD50FB65FD03" author="BREED, W. G." box="[1031,1184,715,738]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="475 - 480" refId="ref11479" refString="BREED, W. G. 1978 a. Ovulation rates and oestrous cycle lengths in several species of Australian native rats (Rattus spp.) from various habitats. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 475 - 480." type="journal article" year="1978">Breed (1978a)</bibRefCitation>
noted a considerably long cycle of 10–24 days (average 17), which could be associated with higher peripheral levels of progesterone (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FA88FC90FA60FCC3" author="BREED, W. G." box="[1303,1445,779,802]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" refId="ref11520" refString="BREED, W. G. 1978 b. Progesterone levels and decidualisation of the uterus during the oestrous cycle in two species of native rodents Melomys cervinipes and Notomys alexis. In Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia." type="book" year="1978">Breed 1978b</bibRefCitation>
; Watts and Kemper 1989). 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FB83FCB0FB72FCA3" author="BREED, W. G." box="[1052,1207,811,834]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" refId="ref11520" refString="BREED, W. G. 1978 b. Progesterone levels and decidualisation of the uterus during the oestrous cycle in two species of native rodents Melomys cervinipes and Notomys alexis. In Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia." type="book" year="1978">Breed (1978b)</bibRefCitation>
suggested 1 day of proestrus, 1–3 days of estrus, and between 6 and 19 (mean ± 
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: 14.3 ± 0.6) days of diestrus. Females show spontaneous ovulation, suggesting that there is no distinct breeding season (Taylor and Horner 1970; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FC14FC30FBD9FC23" author="KEMPER, C. M." box="[907,1052,939,962]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="385 - 402" refId="ref14395" refString="KEMPER, C. M. 1980. Reproduction of Pseudomys novaehollandiae (Muridae) in the wild. Australian Wildlife Research 7: 385 - 402." type="journal article" year="1980">Kemper 1980</bibRefCitation>
).
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Breeding tends to increase during the wet season (Breed and Ford 2007). However, this is highly variable from year to year (
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), as for other 
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species (e.g., 
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— Taylor and Horner 1970). Breeding generally commences in late spring and summer (September–February) in the more southern areas of 
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(Stradbroke to Mackay—McDougall 1946; Taylor and Horner 1970; 
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), and extends into autumn and winter (March–August) in the northern regions of 
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(Mossman to Cooktown—Lönnberg and Mjöberg 1916; Taylor and Horner 1970). 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FB5DFB70FA93FAE3" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[1218,1366,1259,1282]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood (1971)</bibRefCitation>
suggests that males and females form stable breeding pairs.
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Gestation lasts approximately 27–40 days (
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FCD7FAD0FC0DFA83" author="BREED, W. G." box="[840,968,1355,1378]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="177 - 194" refId="ref11575" refString="BREED, W. G. 1979. The reproductive rate of the hopping-mouse Notomys alexis and its ecological significance. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 177 - 194." type="journal article" year="1979">Breed 1979</bibRefCitation>
; Watts and Aslin 1981; Sutherland and Dickman 1999), one of the longest among native Australian rodents (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FA2BFAF0FC4CFA43" author="BREED, W. G." pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="475 - 480" refId="ref11479" refString="BREED, W. G. 1978 a. Ovulation rates and oestrous cycle lengths in several species of Australian native rats (Rattus spp.) from various habitats. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 475 - 480." type="journal article" year="1978">Breed 1978a</bibRefCitation>
). Age at first reproduction is approximately 7 months (Nowak and Paradiso 1983; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FB18FA30FADDFA23" author="STRAHAN, R." box="[1159,1304,1451,1474]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" refId="ref16761" refString="STRAHAN, R. 1983. The Australian Museum complete book of Australian mammals. Angus &amp; Robertson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia." type="book" year="1983">Strahan 1983</bibRefCitation>
). One of us (TLR) has observed that mass is not necessarily a good predictor of age at first reproduction as there is high individual variation in body mass both within and between populations. In the southern regions, young have been observed in summer (early Novemberearly January in southeastern regions of Queensland—Taylor and Horner 1970; October and February in northeastern New South Wales—Barnett et al. 1977), although birthing can occur later (late February–April in Mackay—Taylor and Horner 1970). Although breeding can take place within the same season of birth (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FCCEF970FC0BF8E3" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[849,974,1771,1794]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
), generally breeding does not commence until the following year (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FC6DF890FB4EF8C3" author="FREELAND, W. J." box="[1010,1163,1803,1826]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" refId="ref13373" refString="FREELAND, W. J. 1972. A rainforest and its rodents. Master of Science thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="1972">Freeland 1972</bibRefCitation>
; Watts and Kemper 1989). Taylor and Horner (1970) suggest that 
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may show postpartum estrous, although this requires further investigation.
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Litter size ranges from 2 to 4 (Lönnberg and Mjöberg 1916; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FCD7F810FC3BF843" author="MCDOUGALL, W. A." box="[840,1022,1931,1954]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="1 - 43" refId="ref15218" refString="MCDOUGALL, W. A. 1946. An investigation of the rat pest problem in Queensland canefields: 4. Breeding and life histories. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 3: 1 - 43." type="journal article" year="1946">McDougall 1946</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FB91F810FB50F843" author="DAVIES, S. J. J. F." box="[1038,1173,1931,1954]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="63 - 66" refId="ref12449" refString="DAVIES, S. J. J. F. 1960. A note on two small mammals of the Darwin area. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 43: 63 - 66." type="journal article" year="1960">Davies 1960</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF956E79FB3AF810FAD9F843" author="KEITH, K." box="[1189,1308,1931,1954]" pageId="4" pageNumber="138" pagination="19 - 21" refId="ref14335" refString="KEITH, K. 1968. Mammals of the Pellew Islands. Mimag (House Journal of Mount Isa Mines Ltd) 19: 19 - 21." type="journal article" year="1968">Keith 1968</bibRefCitation>
; Taylor and Horner 1970; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FF2DFF50FEEBFF03" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[178,302,203,226]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FEA1FF50FE7EFF03" author="BREED, W. G." box="[318,443,203,226]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="177 - 194" refId="ref11575" refString="BREED, W. G. 1979. The reproductive rate of the hopping-mouse Notomys alexis and its ecological significance. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 177 - 194." type="journal article" year="1979">Breed 1979</bibRefCitation>
; Watts and Kemper 1989), with an average of 1.8 (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FEA1FF70FE79FEE3" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[318,444,235,258]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
), and generally the sex ratio of young born into a population is 50:50 (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FD87FE90FD51FEC3" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[536,660,267,290]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
). Young are precocious and relatively large at birth (about 
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and 50 mm— Watts and Aslin 1981), with fine, dorsally pigmented hair. Incisor teeth are developed (Calaby and Wimbush 1964), with early terminal modification as grasping rather than gnawing structures (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FFE9FE30FEDBFE23" author="LAWRENCE, B." box="[118,286,427,450]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="313 - 317" refId="ref14632" refString="LAWRENCE, B. 1941. Incisor tips of young rodents. Field Museum of the Natural History Zoological Series 27: 313 - 317." type="book chapter" year="1941">Lawrence 1941</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FEAFFE30FE11FE23" author="HAMILTON, W. J., Jr." box="[304,468,427,450]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="180 - 189" refId="ref13747" refString="HAMILTON, W. J., Jr. 1953. Reproduction and young of the Florida wood rat, Neotoma f. floridana (Ord). Journal of Mammalogy 34: 180 - 189." type="journal article" year="1953">Hamilton 1953</bibRefCitation>
; Calaby and Wimbush 1964; Taylor and Horner 1970) to facilitate nipple clinging (Lönnberg and Mjöberg 1916; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FEDCFE70FE70FDE3" author="GARD, K. R." box="[323,437,491,514]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" refId="ref13463" refString="GARD, K. R. 1935. The rat pest in cane areas. Pp. 594 - 603 in Proceedings of the 5 th Congress of the International Society for Sugar Cane Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="proceedings paper" year="1935">Gard 1935</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FE5AFE70FDBEFDE3" author="MCDOUGALL, W. A." box="[453,635,491,514]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="48 - 78" refId="ref15181" refString="MCDOUGALL, W. A. 1944. An investigation of the rat pest problem in Queensland canefields: 2. Species and general habits. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 1: 48 - 78." type="journal article" year="1944">McDougall 1944</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FD15FE70FCD5FDE3" author="DAVIES, S. J. J. F." box="[650,784,491,514]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="63 - 66" refId="ref12449" refString="DAVIES, S. J. J. F. 1960. A note on two small mammals of the Darwin area. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 43: 63 - 66." type="journal article" year="1960">Davies 1960</bibRefCitation>
; Taylor and Horner 1970). Nipple clinging likely arose early in the evolution of the mosaic-tailed rats (Calaby and Wimbush 1964) and, given the high occurrence of nipple clinging behavior in the 
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in general, this trait is likely ancestral to the family (
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). Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain the evolution of nipple clinging in the murids, specifically 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FF56FD50FE9FFD03" box="[201,346,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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, such as predator avoidance (
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; 
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; Taylor and Horner 1970) and sibling competition (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FF35FC90FEF1FCC3" author="GILBERT, A. N." box="[170,308,779,802]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="881 - 891" refId="ref13555" refString="GILBERT, A. N. 1995. Tenacious nipple attachment in rodents: the sibling competition hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 50: 881 - 891." type="journal article" year="1995">Gilbert 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Young are fully furred with eyes open by 10 days and can be weaned at 20 days, indicating relatively rapid development (Watts and Aslin 1981). Mothers actively retrieve young back into the nest (Watts and Aslin 1981) and one of us (TLR) has observed that young will nipple cling beyond weaning if possible. This mode of reproduction suggests a prolonged prenatal contribution of care, with a relatively standard contribution to postnatal care (Taylor and Horner 1970).
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FF07FB10FE02FB42" bold="true" box="[152,455,1163,1187]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Population characteristics.</emphasis>
―Average population density for 
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has been estimated between 0.08 and 0.40 individuals/ha in various sized areas and forest fragments on the Atherton Tablelands of 
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(
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) and between 0.88 and 1.27 individuals/ha in sclerophyll forests of South East 
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(S. Burnett, in litt.). Abundance increases in forests with large trees, vines, and leaf litter (
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; 
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), and also increases as the quantity of climbing plants, subcanopy, and ground cover increases, providing valuable food resources (
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; Williams and Marsh 1998; 
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). Abundance can be limited by the diversity of canopy tree species (Rader and Krockenberger 2006). Interestingly, while 
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found that relative density is proportional to forest area, suggesting that population density is relatively consistent between areas, other studies have found that fragmentation increases population size (
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; 
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). Subsequently, 
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is more abundant in patches and forest edges than in continuous vine forest (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FF6DF950FE4CF903" author="GOOSEM, M." box="[242,393,1739,1762]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="151 - 163" refId="ref13644" refString="GOOSEM, M. 2000. Effects of tropical rainforest roads on small mammals: edge changes in community composition. Wildlife Research 27: 151 - 163." type="journal article" year="2000">Goosem 2000</bibRefCitation>
), most likely due to increased abundances of vines and other climbing plants that assist foraging and climbing behavior (
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; 
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; 
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; Moore and 
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). Indeed, 
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and 
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noticed increased abundance with increasing liana density. However, fragmentation limits dispersal between forest patches by opening up space with little overhead cover (
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FC70FF70FB52FEE3" author="ELMOUTTIE, D." box="[1007,1175,235,258]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" refId="ref13177" refString="ELMOUTTIE, D. 2009. Utilisation of seed resources by small mammals: a two-way interaction. Bachelor of Applied Science thesis, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2009">Elmouttie 2009</bibRefCitation>
), potentially exposing individuals to greater predation risk.
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FCECFEB0FC2AFEA2" bold="true" box="[883,1007,299,323]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Space use.</emphasis>
―Typically, in the northernmost parts of its range, 
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occurs predominantly in dark, cool, and damp conditions characteristic of closed continuous forest (
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FBBAFE10FB37FE43" author="BARNETT, J. L. &amp; R. A. HOW &amp; AND W. F." box="[1061,1266,395,418]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="277 - 285" refId="ref10876" refString="BARNETT, J. L., R. A. HOW, AND W. F. HUMPHREYS. 1978. The use of habitat components by small mammals in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 3: 277 - 285." type="journal article" year="1978">Barnett et al. 1978</bibRefCitation>
; Watts and Aslin 1981; 
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; Rader and Krockenberger 2006) but also occurs in rainforest fragments (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FB3EFE50FA80FE03" author="LAURANCE, W. F." box="[1185,1349,459,482]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="651 - 655" refId="ref14528" refString="LAURANCE, W. F. 1992. Abundance estimates of small mammals in Australian tropical rainforest: a comparison of four trapping methods. Wildlife Research 19: 651 - 655." type="journal article" year="1992">Laurance 1992</bibRefCitation>
, 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FA07FE50FCBAFDE3" author="GOOSEM, M." pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="151 - 163" refId="ref13644" refString="GOOSEM, M. 2000. Effects of tropical rainforest roads on small mammals: edge changes in community composition. Wildlife Research 27: 151 - 163." type="journal article" year="2000">Goosem 2000</bibRefCitation>
) and deciduous vine thickets (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FB77FE70FA27FDE3" author="WILLIAMS, S. &amp; R. PEARSON &amp; AND S." box="[1256,1506,491,514]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="361 - 378" refId="ref17778" refString="WILLIAMS, S., R. PEARSON, AND S. BURNETT. 1993 b. Survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Dotswood area, North Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33: 361 - 378." type="journal article" year="1993">Williams et al. 1993b</bibRefCitation>
). Progressing south, 
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becomes less restricted in habitat preferences and is found in wetter, open forests (Watts and Aslin 1981; 
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), wet sclerophyll to subtropical rainforest (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FB80FDF0FB2EFD63" author="BARNETT, J. L. &amp; R. A. HOW &amp; AND W. F." box="[1055,1259,619,642]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="277 - 285" refId="ref10876" refString="BARNETT, J. L., R. A. HOW, AND W. F. HUMPHREYS. 1978. The use of habitat components by small mammals in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 3: 277 - 285." type="journal article" year="1978">Barnett et al. 1978</bibRefCitation>
), warm-temperate rainforests (including fragments—Cox et al. 2003), grassy open forest adjacent to rainforest (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FB39FD30FA44FD23" author="DWYER, P. &amp; M. HOCKINGS &amp; AND J." box="[1190,1409,683,706]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="65 - 84" refId="ref13018" refString="DWYER, P., M. HOCKINGS, AND J. WILLMER. 1979. Mammals of Cooloola and Beerwah. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 90: 65 - 84." type="journal article" year="1979">Dwyer et al. 1979</bibRefCitation>
; 
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), open shrubland (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FBCAFD50FB34FD03" author="WOODALL, P." box="[1109,1265,715,738]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="31 - 32" refId="ref17999" refString="WOODALL, P. 1989. Habitat of Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) on Carlisle Island, Central Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 12: 31 - 32." type="journal article" year="1989">Woodall 1989</bibRefCitation>
), woodlands (
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), often dominated by dry, tall eucalypts on sandy soil (Taylor and Horner 1970; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FBE6FC90FA8AFCC3" author="PEETERS, P. J. &amp; BUTLER, D. W. &amp; AND M. J." box="[1145,1359,779,802]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" refId="ref15587" refString="PEETERS, P. J., BUTLER, D. W., AND M. J. LAIDLAW. 2014. Rainforests: regrowth benefits management guideline. Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2014">Peeters et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
), closed palm forest (
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), tropical and subtropical closed forest (Watts and Aslin 1981), coastal mangrove forests (Lavery and Johnson 1974), and even cane fields adjacent to forested areas (up to 
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into the field—McDougall 1944). 
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recorded captures of 
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on Carlisle Island (
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, 
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, 
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northeast of Mackay, 
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) in closed forest dominated by 
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, open forests dominated by 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FBDFFB90FB30FBC3" box="[1088,1269,1035,1058]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Eucalyptus alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF946E78FA99FB90FA52FBC3" box="[1286,1431,1035,1058]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eucalyptus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="polycarpa">
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FA36FB90FC57FBA3" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">E. tesselaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF946E78FC38FBB0FB9BFBA3" authorityName="Benth. in Bentham &amp; Mueller" authorityYear="1864" box="[935,1118,1067,1090]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="solandri">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FC38FBB0FB9BFBA3" box="[935,1118,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Acacia solandri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF946E78FB35FBB0FA73FBA3" box="[1194,1462,1067,1090]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Casuarinaceae" genus="Casuarina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="equisetifolia">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FB35FBB0FA73FBA3" box="[1194,1462,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Casuarina equisetifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and open shrubland dominated by 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FB36FBD0FB37FB83" box="[1193,1266,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Aglaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FA99FBD0FA9CFB83" box="[1286,1369,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Crinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FAF3FBD0FA2EFB83" box="[1388,1515,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Macaranga</emphasis>
, 
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</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF946E78FC25FBF0FBD3FB63" box="[954,1046,1131,1154]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Sophora" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FC25FBF0FBD3FB63" box="[954,1046,1131,1154]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Sophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF946E78FBBAFBF0FBA0FB63" box="[1061,1125,1131,1154]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cannabaceae" genus="Celtis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FBBAFBF0FBA0FB63" box="[1061,1125,1131,1154]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Celtis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF946E78FBEBFBF0FB6CFB63" box="[1140,1193,1131,1154]" class="Gastropoda" family="Limapontiidae" genus="Olea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FBEBFBF0FB6CFB63" box="[1140,1193,1131,1154]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Olea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FB77FBF0FAEFFB63" box="[1256,1322,1131,1154]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Cycas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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did not capture 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FB92FB10FB6FFB43" box="[1037,1194,1163,1186]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in any habitat at Beerwah (
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, 1152°57′18.72″E) or in scribbly gum- 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FA05FB30FC5CFB03" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">Banksia aemula</emphasis>
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habitat in the Cooloola State Forest (
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, 
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), suggesting landscape variation in distribution. The canopy floor and different vertical forest layers (at least up to 16 m—Rader and Krockenberger 2006) are used. 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF946E78FCD7FAD0FC1AFA83" box="[840,991,1355,1378]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="139">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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spends between 30% and 90% of the time travelling in the canopy, with large amounts of individual variation (Rader and Krockenberger 2006).
</paragraph>
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Within a habitat, individuals only travel short distances (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FCCEFA50FC36FA03" author="ELMOUTTIE, D." box="[849,1011,1483,1506]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" refId="ref13177" refString="ELMOUTTIE, D. 2009. Utilisation of seed resources by small mammals: a two-way interaction. Bachelor of Applied Science thesis, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2009">Elmouttie 2009</bibRefCitation>
).Although long-distance movements of between 350 and 
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have been recorded, range lengths tend to be an order of magnitude smaller, ranging up to about 
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for males and 
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for females in 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FABDF9B0FA2CF9A3" author="BARNETT, J. L. &amp; R. A. HOW &amp; AND W. F." box="[1314,1513,1579,1602]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="277 - 285" refId="ref10876" refString="BARNETT, J. L., R. A. HOW, AND W. F. HUMPHREYS. 1978. The use of habitat components by small mammals in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 3: 277 - 285." type="journal article" year="1978">Barnett et al. 1978</bibRefCitation>
) and 
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for adults in 
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(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FB60F9D0FA56F983" author="BENTLEY, J. M." box="[1279,1427,1611,1634]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="184 - 196" refId="ref11120" refString="BENTLEY, J. M. 2008. Role of movement, interremnant dispersal and edge effects in determining sensitivity to habitat fragmentation in two forest-dependent rodents. Austral Ecology 33: 184 - 196." type="journal article" year="2008">Bentley 2008</bibRefCitation>
). Range length is generally shorter in summer (mean ± 
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: 11.9 ± 
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) compared to winter (mean ± 
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: 17.2 ± 3.9 m—Bentley 2008), perhaps due to increased resource abundance in the summer months, reducing the need to travel to find food. The home range is relatively small, averaging 0.42 ha (males = 0.31–0.67 ha; females = 0.21–0.5 ha—Rader and Krockenberger 2006), with no significant difference between the sexes (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FAB8F8B0FA66F8A3" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[1319,1443,1835,1858]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
; Rader and Krockenberger 2006; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FBC1F8D0FACDF883" author="BINO, G. &amp; D. RAMP &amp; AND R. T." box="[1118,1288,1867,1890]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="1674 - 1708" refId="ref11276" refString="BINO, G., D. RAMP, AND R. T. KINGSFORD. 2014. Identifying minimal sets of survey techniques for multi-species monitoring across landscapes: an approach utilising species distribution models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 28: 1674 - 1708." type="journal article" year="2014">Bino et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
; but see 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF946E78FAF8F8D0FA26F883" author="SMITH, G. C." box="[1383,1507,1867,1890]" pageId="5" pageNumber="139" pagination="551 - 563" refId="ref16301" refString="SMITH, G. C. 1985. Biology and habitat usage of sympatric populations of the fawn-footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) and the grassland melomys (M. burtoni) (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Zoologist 21: 551 - 563." type="journal article" year="1985">Smith 1985</bibRefCitation>
). The core area of activity is smaller, averaging approximately 0.091 ha (Rader and Krockenberger 2006). Home ranges of individuals, both within and between sexes, overlap (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFD0FFF70FCCAFEE3" author="SMITH, G. C." box="[656,783,235,258]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="551 - 563" refId="ref16301" refString="SMITH, G. C. 1985. Biology and habitat usage of sympatric populations of the fawn-footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) and the grassland melomys (M. burtoni) (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Zoologist 21: 551 - 563." type="journal article" year="1985">Smith 1985</bibRefCitation>
) and there is little evidence of territorial exclusion, including a lack of correlation between body size and territory size (Rader and Krockenberger 2006). Body mass is negatively correlated with tree species diversity, suggesting that larger individuals occupy areas with lower canopy tree diversity (Rader and Krockenberger 2006). Rader and Krockenberger (2006) suggest that these areas often contain denser layers of subcanopy, understory, and vine species, potentially providing greater cover from predation.
</paragraph>
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In captivity, life span is approximately 2 years (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFD06FDB0FF66FD83" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). In the wild, individuals are known to survive to a 2nd breeding season (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFEAFFDF0FE6BFD63" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[304,430,619,642]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
); thus, longevity is estimated to be between 1 and 2 years (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFE3DFD10FD80FD43" author="LAURANCE, W. F." box="[418,581,651,674]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="79 - 89" refId="ref14500" refString="LAURANCE, W. F. 1991. Ecological correlates of extinction proneness in Australian tropical rain forest mammals. Conservation Biology 5: 79 - 89." type="journal article" year="1991">Laurance 1991</bibRefCitation>
). Adult population sex ratios average 50:50 (Taylor and Horner 1970; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFD0BFD30FCD5FD23" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[660,784,683,706]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFFF2FD50FF2CFD03" author="SMITH, G. C." box="[109,233,715,738]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="551 - 563" refId="ref16301" refString="SMITH, G. C. 1985. Biology and habitat usage of sympatric populations of the fawn-footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) and the grassland melomys (M. burtoni) (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Zoologist 21: 551 - 563." type="journal article" year="1985">Smith 1985</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFF68FD50FE56FD03" author="HORSKINS, K." box="[247,403,715,738]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" refId="ref14050" refString="HORSKINS, K. 2005. The effectiveness of wildlife corridors in facilitating connectivity: assessment of a model system from the Australian wet tropics. Ph. D. dissertation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2005">Horskins 2005</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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―The diet of 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFEE2FD70FD9EFCE3" box="[381,603,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characteristic of a generalist, consisting primarily of foliage and vegetation (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFFE9FCB0FED6FCA3" author="HARRISON, J. L." box="[118,275,811,834]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="45 - 83" refId="ref13866" refString="HARRISON, J. L. 1962. Mammals of Innisfail I. Species and distribution. Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 45 - 83." type="journal article" year="1962">Harrison 1962</bibRefCitation>
), and it has also been reported to feed on fruits and seeds, as well as fungi, insects, and flowers (
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; Rader and Krockenberger 2006; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFE53FCF0FDB6FC63" author="ELMOUTTIE, D." box="[460,627,875,898]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" refId="ref13177" refString="ELMOUTTIE, D. 2009. Utilisation of seed resources by small mammals: a two-way interaction. Bachelor of Applied Science thesis, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2009">Elmouttie 2009</bibRefCitation>
; Elmouttie and Mather 2012), as well as human food products (S. Burnett, in litt.). This is supported by the morphology of the forestomach (Breed and Ford 2007). 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFEE4FC50FDD6FC03" box="[379,531,971,994]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
climbs to access fruits, flowers, and nuts in the forest canopy (Rader and Krockenberger 2006). Due to the wide habitat and geographical distribution of 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFFF2FBB0FEC6FBA3" box="[109,259,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, there is evidence of regional and habitat differences in diet. For example, Vernes and Dunn (2009) found that fungi comprised 67% of the diet of 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFE6AFBF0FD4CFB63" box="[501,649,1131,1154]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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in heath-wet sclerophyll, whereas fungi comprised only 10% of the diet of individuals occurring in rainforests. It has also been suggested that animals living in edges have a higher proportion of fruits, leaves, and flowers in their diet due to the high abundance of these resources in these 
<typeStatus id="5F738800FF976E7BFEE7FA90FE74FAC3" box="[376,433,1291,1314]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">types</typeStatus>
of areas (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFF07FAB0FD50FAA3" box="[152,661,1323,1347]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFF07FAB0FE5EFAA2" bold="true" box="[152,411,1323,1347]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Diseases and parasites.</emphasis>
― 
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</emphasis>
carries several internal and external disease-causing agents. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic emerging infectious disease (Brandling-Bennett and Pinheiro 1996; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFED5FA10FE0BFA43" author="LEVETT, P. N." box="[330,462,1419,1442]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="417 - 418" refId="ref14747" refString="LEVETT, P. N. 1999. Leptospirosis: re-emerging or re-discovered disease? Journal of Medical Microbiology 48: 417 - 418." type="journal article" year="1999">Levett 1999</bibRefCitation>
) caused by pathogenic leptospire bacteria (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFE85FA30FD48FA23" author="WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION" box="[282,653,1451,1474]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" refId="ref18029" refString="WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2003. Human leptospirosis: guidance for diagnosis, surveillance and control. World Health Organization, Malta." type="book" year="2003">World Health Organization 2003</bibRefCitation>
). Internally, 
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is a known urinary carrier of 3 leptospirosis 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFFF2FA70FF26F9E3" box="[109,227,1515,1538]" class="Spirochaetes" family="Leptospiraceae" genus="Leptospira" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Bacteria" order="Spirochaetales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Spirochaetes" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFFF2FA70FF26F9E3" box="[109,227,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Leptospira</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
serovars, namely 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFE2CFA70FDD2F9E3" box="[435,535,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">celledoni</emphasis>
in the Celledoni serogroup (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFF5EF990FE6DF9C3" author="EMANUEL, M. L., I. &amp; M. MACKERRAS &amp; AND D. J. W." box="[193,424,1547,1570]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="451 - 484" refId="ref13245" refString="EMANUEL, M. L., I. M. MACKERRAS, AND D. J. W. SMITH. 1964. The epidemiology of leptospirosis in North Queensland I. General survey of animal hosts. The Journal of Hygiene 62: 451 - 484." type="journal article" year="1964">Emanuel et al. 1964</bibRefCitation>
), 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFE5BF990FDC9F9C3" box="[452,524,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">zanoni</emphasis>
in the Pyrogenes serogroup (
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Biosecurity 
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2000
</bibRefCitation>
), and is considered to be a maintaining host of the 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFEE2F9D0FE0CF983" box="[381,457,1611,1634]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">bindjei</emphasis>
serovar in the Canicola serogroup (along with 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFEDBF9F0FE79F963" box="[324,444,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. burtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
— 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFE48F9F0FD66F963" author="BATTEY, Y. M. &amp; D. J. W. SMITH &amp; AND G. J." box="[471,675,1643,1666]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="485 - 494" refId="ref10920" refString="BATTEY, Y. M., D. J. W. SMITH, AND G. J. BARROW. 1964. The epidemiology of leptospirosis in North Queensland II. Further observations on the hosts in the Mossman district. The Journal of Hygiene 62: 485 - 494." type="journal article" year="1964">Battey et al. 1964</bibRefCitation>
). In addition, antibodies to serotype 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFE3EF910FDD3F943" box="[417,534,1675,1698]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">L. pomona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been found in the sera of 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFF5AF930FE98F923" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[197,349,1707,1730]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFF5AF930FE98F923" box="[197,349,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although the strain itself was not isolated and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFF40F950FEB2F903" box="[223,375,1739,1762]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not identified as a urinary carrier (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFFE9F970FEFFF8E3" author="BATTEY, Y. M. &amp; D. J. W. SMITH &amp; AND G. J." box="[118,314,1771,1794]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="485 - 494" refId="ref10920" refString="BATTEY, Y. M., D. J. W. SMITH, AND G. J. BARROW. 1964. The epidemiology of leptospirosis in North Queensland II. Further observations on the hosts in the Mossman district. The Journal of Hygiene 62: 485 - 494." type="journal article" year="1964">Battey et al. 1964</bibRefCitation>
). Six other bacteria found in 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFD1BF970FCDCF8E3" box="[644,793,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFF00F890FD59F8C3" authority="(Mackerras 1958)" baseAuthorityName="Mackerras" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[159,668,1803,1826]" class="Mollicutes" family="Mycoplasmataceae" genus="Mycoplasma" kingdom="Bacteria" order="Mycoplasmatales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Firmicutes" rank="species" species="haemomuris">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFF00F890FE05F8C3" box="[159,448,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Mycoplasma haemomuris</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFE46F890FD57F8C3" author="MACKERRAS, M. J." box="[473,658,1803,1826]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="126 - 143" refId="ref14940" refString="MACKERRAS, M. J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. I-IV. Part II. Eutheria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 126 - 143." type="journal article" year="1958">Mackerras 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFD2CF890FF6BF8A3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Spirillum minus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFF5AF8B0FE4BF8A3" author="COOK, I., W. &amp; SCOTT &amp; AND R. W." box="[197,398,1835,1858]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="343 - 350" refId="ref12330" refString="COOK, I., W. SCOTT, AND R. W. CAMPBELL. 1967. Scrub typhus and other infections in North Queensland animals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61: 343 - 350." type="journal article" year="1967">Cook et al. 1967</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFE33F8B0FF37F883" authority="(Cook et al. 1967)" baseAuthorityName="Cook" baseAuthorityYear="1967" class="Mollicutes" family="Mycoplasmataceae" genus="Eperythrozoon" kingdom="Bacteria" order="Mycoplasmatales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Firmicutes" rank="species" species="coccoides">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFE33F8B0FD03F8A3" box="[428,710,1835,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Eperythrozoon coccoides</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFD42F8B0FF2DF883" author="COOK, I., W. &amp; SCOTT &amp; AND R. W." pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="343 - 350" refId="ref12330" refString="COOK, I., W. SCOTT, AND R. W. CAMPBELL. 1967. Scrub typhus and other infections in North Queensland animals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61: 343 - 350." type="journal article" year="1967">Cook et al. 1967</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFE9BF8D0FE52F883" box="[260,407,1867,1890]" class="Alphaproteobacteria" family="Brucellaceae" genus="Brucella" kingdom="Bacteria" order="Rhizobiales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Proteobacteria" rank="species" species="suis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFE9BF8D0FE52F883" box="[260,407,1867,1890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Brucella suis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="5F738800FF976E7BFE3CF8D0FE17F883" box="[419,466,1867,1890]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">type</typeStatus>
3 (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFE60F8D0FD7AF883" author="COOK, I., R. W. &amp; CAMPBELL &amp; AND G." box="[511,703,1867,1890]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="5 - 8" refId="ref12297" refString="COOK, I., R. W. CAMPBELL, AND G. BARROW. 1966. Brucellosis in North Queensland rodents. Australian Veterinary Journal 42: 5 - 8." type="journal article" year="1966">Cook et al. 1966</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFD4DF8D0FCCDF883" author="COOK, I., W. &amp; SCOTT &amp; AND R. W." box="[722,776,1867,1890]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="343 - 350" refId="ref12330" refString="COOK, I., W. SCOTT, AND R. W. CAMPBELL. 1967. Scrub typhus and other infections in North Queensland animals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61: 343 - 350." type="journal article" year="1967">1967</bibRefCitation>
), 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFFF2F8F0FE3FF863" authority="(Cook et al. 1967)" baseAuthorityName="Cook" baseAuthorityYear="1967" box="[109,506,1899,1922]" class="Gastropoda" family="Pomatiopsidae" genus="Coxiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="burnetii">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFFF2F8F0FEEDF863" box="[109,296,1899,1922]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Coxiella burnetii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFEA6F8F0FE35F863" author="COOK, I., W. &amp; SCOTT &amp; AND R. W." box="[313,496,1899,1922]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="343 - 350" refId="ref12330" refString="COOK, I., W. SCOTT, AND R. W. CAMPBELL. 1967. Scrub typhus and other infections in North Queensland animals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61: 343 - 350." type="journal article" year="1967">Cook et al. 1967</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and the TVS1 and TVS2 strains of 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC23FF50FB7AFF03" box="[956,1215,203,226]" class="Alphaproteobacteria" family="Rickettsiaceae" genus="Orientia" kingdom="Bacteria" order="Rickettsiales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Proteobacteria" rank="species" species="tsutsugamushi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC23FF50FB7AFF03" box="[956,1215,203,226]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Orientia tsutsugamushi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, of which the TSV2 strain is highly virulent (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFB82FF70FB1EFEE3" author="COOK, I., W. &amp; SCOTT &amp; AND R. W." box="[1053,1243,235,258]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="343 - 350" refId="ref12330" refString="COOK, I., W. SCOTT, AND R. W. CAMPBELL. 1967. Scrub typhus and other infections in North Queensland animals. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61: 343 - 350." type="journal article" year="1967">Cook et al. 1967</bibRefCitation>
; Campbell and Domrow 1974; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFC12FE90FB43FEC3" author="GLAZEBROOK, J. S. &amp; CAMPBELL, G. W. &amp; HUTCHINSON &amp; AND N. D." box="[909,1158,267,290]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="147 - 156" refId="ref13582" refString="GLAZEBROOK, J. S., R. S. F. CAMPBELL, G. W. HUTCHINSON, AND N. D. STALLMAN. 1978. Rodent zoonoses in North Queensland: the occurrence and distribution of zoonotic infections in North Queensland rodents. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 56: 147 - 156." type="journal article" year="1978">Glazebrook et al. 1978</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF976E7BFCECFEB0FA88FB63" blockId="6.[839,1524,203,1922]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCECFEB0FB8EFEA3" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[883,1099,299,322]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCECFEB0FB8EFEA3" box="[883,1099,299,322]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also parasitized by at least 35 species of internal parasites from 7 orders. These include (compiled from Johnston and Mawson 1941; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFB5EFEF0FAAAFE63" author="MACKERRAS, M. J." box="[1217,1391,363,386]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="126 - 143" refId="ref14940" refString="MACKERRAS, M. J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. I-IV. Part II. Eutheria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 126 - 143." type="journal article" year="1958">Mackerras 1958</bibRefCitation>
; Sprent and Mines 1960; 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFBE5FE10FB39FE43" author="SPRENT, J. F. A." box="[1146,1276,395,418]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="321 - 337" refId="ref16575" refString="SPRENT, J. F. A. 1963. The life history and development of Amplicaecum robertsi, an ascaridoid nematode of the carpet python (Morelia spilotes variegatus). II. Growth and host specificity of larval stages in relation to the food chain. Parasitology 53: 321 - 337." type="journal article" year="1963">Sprent 1963</bibRefCitation>
; Sprent and McKeown 1967; 
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; 
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): Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFACFFD90FA36FDC3" box="[1360,1523,523,546]" class="Cestoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cyclophyllidea" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="order">Cyclophyllidea</taxonomicName>
(2 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC41FDB0FBFEFDA3" box="[990,1083,555,578]" class="Dothideomycetes" family="Massarinaceae" genus="Bertiella" kingdom="Fungi" order="Pleosporales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC41FDB0FBFEFDA3" box="[990,1083,555,578]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Bertiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB11FDB0FA55FDA3" box="[1166,1424,555,578]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Raillientina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="celebensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB11FDB0FA55FDA3" box="[1166,1424,555,578]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Raillientina celebensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7FDD0FC2AFD83" authorityName="Hodda" authorityYear="2007" box="[840,1007,587,610]" order="Panagrolaimida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" rank="order">Panagrolaimida</taxonomicName>
(1 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBE9FDD0FAC0FD83" authorityName="Grassi" authorityYear="1879" box="[1142,1285,587,610]" class="Secernentea" family="Strongyloididae" genus="Strongyloides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBE9FDD0FAC0FD83" box="[1142,1285,587,610]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Strongyloides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAFBFDD0FA37FD83" authorityName="La Rue" authorityYear="1957" box="[1380,1522,587,610]" class="Trematoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="order">Plagiorchiida</taxonomicName>
(1 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC50FDF0FB3BFD63" box="[975,1278,619,642]" class="Trematoda" family="Dicrocoeliidae" genus="Platynosomum" kingdom="Animalia" order="Plagiorchiida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Platyhelminthes" rank="species" species="australiense">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC50FDF0FB3BFD63" box="[975,1278,619,642]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Platynosomum australiense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAF8FDF0FA37FD63" box="[1383,1522,619,642]" order="Porcephalida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" rank="order">Porcephalida</taxonomicName>
(1 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC59FD10FB57FD43" authorityName="Frohlich" authorityYear="1789" box="[966,1170,651,674]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Linguatulidae" genus="Linguatula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Porocephalida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="serrata">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC59FD10FB57FD43" box="[966,1170,651,674]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Linguatula serrata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB6DFD10FAA2FD43" authorityName="Chitwood" authorityYear="1933" box="[1266,1383,651,674]" class="Chromadorea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="order">Rhabditida</taxonomicName>
(16 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7FD30FACDFD23" authority=", Chisholmia" authorityName="Chisholmia" box="[840,1288,683,706]" class="Secernentea" family="Metastrongylidae" genus="Angiostrongylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="mackerrasae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FD30FB46FD23" box="[840,1155,683,706]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Angiostrongylus mackerrasae</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB12FD30FACDFD23" box="[1165,1288,683,706]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Chisholmia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA93FD30FA90FD23" authorityName="Beveridge &amp; Durette-Desset" authorityYear="1992" box="[1292,1365,683,706]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligmonellidae" genus="Odilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="bainae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA93FD30FA90FD23" box="[1292,1365,683,706]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">bainae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAC0FD30FC04FD03" authority=", Equilophos" authorityName="Equilophos" class="Gastropoda" family="Pomatiopsidae" genus="Coxiella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="mawsonae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAC0FD30FA2FFD23" box="[1375,1514,683,706]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">C.mawsonae</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FD50FC04FD03" box="[840,961,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Equilophos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC53FD50FB9FFD03" box="[972,1114,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">polyrhabdote</emphasis>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBF3FD50FAB1FD03" box="[1132,1396,715,738]" class="Secernentea" family="Molineidae" genus="Hepatojarakus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="fasciatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBF3FD50FAB1FD03" box="[1132,1396,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Hepatojarakus fasciatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA1AFD50FC62FCE3" class="Secernentea" family="Molineidae" genus="Hepatojarakus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="pycnofasciatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA1AFD50FC62FCE3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">H. pycnofasciatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC26FD70FB09FCE3" box="[953,1228,747,770]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligmonellidae" genus="Mammanidula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="melomyos">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC26FD70FB09FCE3" box="[953,1228,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Mammanidula melomyos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB41FD70FA29FCE3" baseAuthorityName="Mawson" baseAuthorityYear="1961" box="[1246,1516,747,770]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligosomidae" genus="Nippostrongylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="magnus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB41FD70FA29FCE3" box="[1246,1516,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Nippostrongylus magnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7FC90FC76FCC3" box="[840,947,779,802]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligosomidae" genus="Nippostrongylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="typicus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FC90FC76FCC3" box="[840,947,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">N. typicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC5EFC90FB57FCC3" box="[961,1170,779,802]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligmonellidae" genus="Odilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="brachybursa">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC5EFC90FB57FCC3" box="[961,1170,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Odilia brachybursa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB3FFC90FAF1FCC3" box="[1184,1332,779,802]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligmonellidae" genus="Odilia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="emanuelae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB3FFC90FAF1FCC3" box="[1184,1332,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">O. emanuelae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFADDFC90FA29FCC3" box="[1346,1516,779,802]" class="Secernentea" family="Metastrongylidae" genus="Angiostrongylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="mackerrasae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFADDFC90FA29FCC3" box="[1346,1516,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">O. mackerrasae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7FCB0FC1DFCA3" box="[840,984,811,834]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligmonellidae" genus="Mammanidula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="melomyos">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FCB0FC1DFCA3" box="[840,984,811,834]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">O. melomyos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC76FCB0FACBFCA3" box="[1001,1294,811,834]" class="Secernentea" family="Heligmonellidae" genus="Parasabanema" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="praeputiale">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC76FCB0FACBFCA3" box="[1001,1294,811,834]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Parasabanema praeputiale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA80FCB0FA29FCA3" authorityName="Mawson" authorityYear="1960" box="[1311,1516,811,834]" class="Secernentea" family="Trichostrongylidae" genus="Peramelistrongylus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA80FCB0FA29FCA3" box="[1311,1516,811,834]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Peramelistrongylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC1EFCD0FBC1FC83" box="[897,1028,843,866]" class="Secernentea" family="Trichostrongylidae" genus="Peramelistrongylus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="skedasto">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC1EFCD0FBC1FC83" box="[897,1028,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">P. skedasto</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBE8FCD0FB1FFC83" box="[1143,1242,843,866]" class="Chromadorea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="order">Spirurida</taxonomicName>
(10 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA15FCD0FC36FC63" authority=", Cercopithfilaria" authorityName="Cercopithfilaria" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Allodapa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA15FCD0FA29FC83" box="[1418,1516,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Allodapa</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FCF0FC36FC63" box="[840,1011,875,898]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Cercopithfilaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB9DFCF0FBA0FC63" box="[1026,1125,875,898]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">johnstoni</emphasis>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBE3FCF0FA95FC63" authorityName="Schneider" authorityYear="1866" box="[1148,1360,875,898]" class="Secernentea" family="Heterakidae" genus="Heterakis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ascaridida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="spumosa">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBE3FCF0FA95FC63" box="[1148,1360,875,898]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Heterakis spumosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAF9FCF0FC40FC43" baseAuthorityName="Gmelin" baseAuthorityYear="1790" class="Secernentea" family="Spiruridae" genus="Mastophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="muris">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAF9FCF0FC40FC43" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Mastophorus muris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC10FC10FBACFC43" box="[911,1129,907,930]" class="Secernentea" family="Onchocercidae" genus="Monanema" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC10FC10FBACFC43" box="[911,1129,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Monanema australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBECFC10FA9FFC43" box="[1139,1370,907,930]" class="Chromadorea" family="Ascarididae" genus="Ophidascaris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="robertsi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBECFC10FA9FFC43" box="[1139,1370,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Ophidascaris robertsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAFAFC10FC60FC23" class="Secernentea" family="Physalopteridae" genus="Physaloptera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="banfieldi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAFAFC10FC60FC23" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Physaloptera banfieldi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC2BFC30FB43FC23" box="[948,1158,939,962]" class="Secernentea" family="Ascarididae" genus="Polydelphis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ascaridida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="anoura">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC2BFC30FB43FC23" box="[948,1158,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Polydelphis anoura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB0BFC30FA94FC23" box="[1172,1361,939,962]" class="Secernentea" family="Oxyuridae" genus="Syphacia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ascaridida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="darwini">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB0BFC30FA94FC23" box="[1172,1361,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Syphacia darwini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA0EFC30FC14FC03" class="Secernentea" family="Ascarididae" genus="Toxocara" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ascaridida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="mackerrasae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA0EFC30FC14FC03" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Toxocara mackerrasae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBDFFC50FB29FC03" authorityName="Spasski" authorityYear="1954" box="[1088,1260,971,994]" order="Trichocephalida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" rank="order">Trichocephalida</taxonomicName>
(3 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA16FC50FC61FBE3" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Calodium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Laurales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="hepatica">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA16FC50FC61FBE3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Calodium hepatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC26FC70FBEDFBE3" box="[953,1064,1003,1026]" class="Insecta" family="Adelidae" genus="Capillaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC26FC70FBEDFBE3" box="[953,1064,1003,1026]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Capillaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBECFC70FAE3FBE3" box="[1139,1318,1003,1026]" class="Sordariomycetes" family="Microascaceae" genus="Trichurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Microascales" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="muris">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBECFC70FAE3FBE3" box="[1139,1318,1003,1026]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Trichurus muris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and unidentified microfilaria (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFC48FB90FB43FBC3" author="MACKERRAS, M. J." box="[983,1158,1035,1058]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="400 - 457" refId="ref14980" refString="MACKERRAS, M. J. 1962. Filarial parasites (Nematoda: Filarioidea) of Australian animals. Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 400 - 457." type="journal article" year="1962">Mackerras 1962</bibRefCitation>
). 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFB3FFB90FA8BFBC3" author="FREELAND, W. J." box="[1184,1358,1035,1058]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="223 - 236" refId="ref13402" refString="FREELAND, W. J. 1983. Parasites and the coexistence of animal host species. American Naturalist 121: 223 - 236." type="journal article" year="1983">Freeland (1983)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7FBB0FBF0FBA3" box="[840,1077,1067,1090]" class="Chromadorea" family="Ascarididae" genus="Ophidascaris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rhabditida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="robertsi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FBB0FBF0FBA3" box="[840,1077,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Ophidascaris robertsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not readily infect 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFADFFBB0FA11FBA3" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[1344,1492,1067,1090]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFADFFBB0FA11FBA3" box="[1344,1492,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the natural environment, although 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB59FBD0FA99FB83" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[1222,1372,1099,1122]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB59FBD0FA99FB83" box="[1222,1372,1099,1122]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does demonstrate susceptibility in a laboratory environment.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF976E7AFCECFB10FCDCFEA1" blockId="6.[839,1524,203,1922]" lastBlockId="7.[108,793,201,1953]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="141" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">
Externally, as with other rodents, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB73FB10FA44FB43" box="[1260,1409,1163,1186]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is subject to mite, tick, flea, and louse infestation. Forty-eight species of external parasite have been recorded on 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA96FB50FA5BFB03" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[1289,1438,1227,1250]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA96FB50FA5BFB03" box="[1289,1438,1227,1250]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 5 orders. These include (compiled from 
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, 
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; Domrow and Smith 1955; 
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, 
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; 
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, 
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, 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFC12FAB0FC07FAA3" author="DOMROW, R." box="[909,962,1323,1346]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="268 - 306" refId="ref12714" refString="DOMROW, R. 1962. Mammals of Innisfail. II. Their mite parasites. Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 268 - 306." type="journal article" year="1962">1962</bibRefCitation>
, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFB79FAB0FADEFAA3" author="DOMROW, R." box="[1254,1307,1323,1346]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="1283 - 1376" refId="ref12860" refString="DOMROW, R. 1991. Acari Prostigmata (excluding Trombiculidae) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1283 - 1376." type="journal article" year="1991">1991</bibRefCitation>
; Kuhn and Ludwig 1966; 
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; 
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; Fain and Lukoschus 1981; Domrow and 
<collectingRegion id="420CF840FF976E7BFBAFFAF0FBB6FA63" box="[1072,1139,1387,1410]" country="United Kingdom" name="Leicester" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Lester</collectingRegion>
1985): Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA82FAF0FAABFA63" authorityName="Leach" authorityYear="1815" box="[1309,1390,1387,1410]" class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Ixodida</taxonomicName>
(3 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7FA10FB9AFA43" box="[840,1119,1419,1442]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Haemaphysalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="humerosa">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FA10FB9AFA43" box="[840,1119,1419,1442]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Haemaphysalis humerosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBEFFA10FAF7FA43" box="[1136,1330,1419,1442]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Ixodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="holocyclus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBEFFA10FAF7FA43" box="[1136,1330,1419,1442]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Ixodes holocyclus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAEAFA10FA26FA43" box="[1397,1507,1419,1442]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Ixodes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tasmani">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAEAFA10FA26FA43" box="[1397,1507,1419,1442]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">I. tasmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC06FA30FBEAFA23" authorityName="G.Canestrini" authorityYear="1891" box="[921,1071,1451,1474]" class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Mesostigmata</taxonomicName>
(12 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB41FA30FA29FA23" box="[1246,1516,1451,1474]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Domrownyssus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB41FA30FA29FA23" box="[1246,1516,1451,1474]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Domrownyssus dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7FA50FB81FA03" box="[840,1092,1483,1506]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Haemolaelaps" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="domrowi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7FA50FB81FA03" box="[840,1092,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Haemolaelaps domrowi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBD1FA50FAC1FA03" box="[1102,1284,1483,1506]" class="Arachnida" family="Ascidae" genus="Laelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="assimilis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBD1FA50FAC1FA03" box="[1102,1284,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Laelaps assimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA90FA50FA4EFA03" box="[1295,1419,1483,1506]" class="Arachnida" family="Ascidae" genus="Laelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="echidinus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA90FA50FA4EFA03" box="[1295,1419,1483,1506]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">L.echidinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA06FA50FC42F9E3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA06FA50FA22FA03" box="[1433,1511,1483,1506]" class="Arachnida" family="Ascidae" genus="Laelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mack">L.mack</taxonomicName>
- errasi
</emphasis>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC03FA70FBC9F9E3" box="[924,1036,1515,1538]" class="Arachnida" family="Ascidae" genus="Laelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nuttalli">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC03FA70FBC9F9E3" box="[924,1036,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">L. nuttalli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBBEFA70FB73F9E3" box="[1057,1206,1515,1538]" class="Arachnida" family="Ascidae" genus="Laelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rothschildi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBBEFA70FB73F9E3" box="[1057,1206,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">L. rothschildi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB54FA70FA92F9E3" box="[1227,1367,1515,1538]" class="Arachnida" family="Ascidae" genus="Laelaps" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="southcotti">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB54FA70FA92F9E3" box="[1227,1367,1515,1538]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">L. southcotti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAF3FA70FC75F9C3" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Mesolaelaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anomalus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAF3FA70FC75F9C3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Mesolaelaps anomalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC56F990FAECF9C3" authority=", Paramelaelaps" authorityName="Paramelaelaps" box="[969,1321,1547,1570]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Mesolaelaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bandicoota">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC56F990FBB5F9C3" box="[969,1136,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. bandicoota</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB15F990FAECF9C3" box="[1162,1321,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Paramelaelaps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAA4F990FA76F9C3" box="[1339,1459,1547,1570]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Mesolaelaps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bandicoota">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAA4F990FA76F9C3" box="[1339,1459,1547,1570]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">bandicoota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7F9B0FBE6F9A3" box="[840,1059,1579,1602]" class="Arachnida" family="Macronyssidae" genus="Trichonyssus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="praedo">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7F9B0FBE6F9A3" box="[840,1059,1579,1602]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Trichonyssus praedo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBE3F9B0FB24F9A3" box="[1148,1249,1579,1602]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Psocodea" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Psocodea</taxonomicName>
(1 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAC5F9B0FA27F9A3" authorityName="Enderlein" authorityYear="1904" box="[1370,1506,1579,1602]" class="Insecta" family="Hoplopleuridae" genus="Hoplopleura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phthiraptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAC5F9B0FA27F9A3" box="[1370,1506,1579,1602]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Hoplopleura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC10F9D0FBF7F983" authorityName="Reuter" authorityYear="1909" box="[911,1074,1611,1634]" class="Arachnida" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sarcoptiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Sarcoptiformes</taxonomicName>
(3 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB26F9D0FAAEF983" baseAuthorityName="Megnin" baseAuthorityYear="1877" box="[1209,1387,1611,1634]" class="Arachnida" family="Sarcoptidae" genus="Notoedres" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="muris">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB26F9D0FAAEF983" box="[1209,1387,1611,1634]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Notoedres muris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAE4F9D0FC5EF963" class="Arachnida" family="Atopomelidae" genus="Murichirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="enoplus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAE4F9D0FC5EF963" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Murichirus enoplus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC40F9F0FB45F963" authorityName="Fain &amp; Lukoschus" authorityYear="1981" box="[991,1152,1643,1666]" class="Arachnida" family="Atopomelidae" genus="Murichirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lobatitarsis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC40F9F0FB45F963" box="[991,1152,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">M. lobatitarsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and Order 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA89F9F0FA01F963" authorityName="Reuter" authorityYear="1909" box="[1302,1476,1643,1666]" class="Arachnida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Trombidiformes</taxonomicName>
(33 species: 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC3DF910FB6FF943" authorityName="Hirst" authorityYear="1915" box="[930,1194,1675,1698]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Ascoschoengastia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indica">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC3DF910FB6FF943" box="[930,1194,1675,1698]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Ascoschoengastia indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB29F910FAD5F943" box="[1206,1296,1675,1698]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Ascoschoengastia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rattus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB29F910FAD5F943" box="[1206,1296,1675,1698]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">A. rattus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA82F910FA29F943" authorityName="Sambon" authorityYear="1927" box="[1309,1516,1675,1698]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Eutrombicula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirsti">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA82F910FA29F943" box="[1309,1516,1675,1698]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Eutrombicula hirsti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7F930FBF3F923" box="[840,1078,1707,1730]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andromeda">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7F930FBF3F923" box="[840,1078,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Guntheria andromeda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBDAF930FB79F923" box="[1093,1212,1707,1730]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bamaga">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBDAF930FB79F923" box="[1093,1212,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. bamaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB54F930FA8CF923" box="[1227,1353,1707,1730]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cassiope">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB54F930FA8CF923" box="[1227,1353,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. cassiope</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAC8F930FCA1F903" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coorongensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAC8F930FCA1F903" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. coorongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCEFF950FC1CF903" box="[880,985,1739,1762]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="derrick">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCEFF950FC1CF903" box="[880,985,1739,1762]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. derrick</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC78F950FB9DF903" box="[999,1112,1739,1762]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dumosa">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC78F950FB9DF903" box="[999,1112,1739,1762]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. dumosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBFAF950FB13F903" box="[1125,1238,1739,1762]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heaslipi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBFAF950FB13F903" box="[1125,1238,1739,1762]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. heaslipi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB7BF950FA4BF903" box="[1252,1422,1739,1762]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="innisfailensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB7BF950FA4BF903" box="[1252,1422,1739,1762]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. innisfailensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFA04F950FC43F8E3" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kallipygos">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFA04F950FC43F8E3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. kallipygos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC0DF970FBD7F8E3" box="[914,1042,1771,1794]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lappacea">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC0DF970FBD7F8E3" box="[914,1042,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. lappacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB80F970FB03F8E3" box="[1055,1222,1771,1794]" class="Secernentea" family="Ascarididae" genus="Toxocara" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ascaridida" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="mackerrasae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB80F970FB03F8E3" box="[1055,1222,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. mackerrasae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB4CF970FA8FF8E3" box="[1235,1354,1771,1794]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="petulans">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB4CF970FA8FF8E3" box="[1235,1354,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. petulans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAC7F970FA2EF8E3" box="[1368,1515,1771,1794]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudomys">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAC7F970FA2EF8E3" box="[1368,1515,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. pseudomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7F890FC07F8C3" box="[840,962,1803,1826]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scaevola">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7F890FC07F8C3" box="[840,962,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. scaevola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC50F890FBF8F8C3" box="[975,1085,1803,1826]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shieldsi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC50F890FBF8F8C3" box="[975,1085,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G.shieldsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBD4F890FB6CF8C3" box="[1099,1193,1803,1826]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBD4F890FB6CF8C3" box="[1099,1193,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G. smithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB29F890FAB5F8C3" box="[1206,1392,1803,1826]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wongabelensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB29F890FAB5F8C3" box="[1206,1392,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">G.wongabelensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFAE1F890FC42F8A3" authorityName="Philip &amp; Woodward" authorityYear="1946" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Helenicula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kohlsi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFAE1F890FC42F8A3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Helenicula kohlsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC06F8B0FB7BF8A3" box="[921,1214,1835,1858]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Leptotrombidium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delicense">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC06F8B0FB7BF8A3" box="[921,1214,1835,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Leptotrombidium delicense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB4FF8B0FA29F8A3" box="[1232,1516,1835,1858]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Neotrombicula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antechinus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB4FF8B0FA29F8A3" box="[1232,1516,1835,1858]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Neotrombicula antechinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7F8D0FC16F883" box="[840,979,1867,1890]" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Odontocarus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7F8D0FC16F883" box="[840,979,1867,1890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Odontocarus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC7DF8D0FB09F883" authorityName="Fain" authorityYear="1958" box="[994,1228,1867,1890]" class="Arachnida" family="Ereynetidae" genus="Paraspeleognathopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC7DF8D0FB09F883" box="[994,1228,1867,1890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Paraspeleognathopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFB44F8D0FA29F883" box="[1243,1516,1867,1890]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Schoutedenichia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="emphyla">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFB44F8D0FA29F883" box="[1243,1516,1867,1890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Schoutedenichia emphyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFCD7F8F0FC5BF863" box="[840,926,1899,1922]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Walchia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFCD7F8F0FC5BF863" box="[840,926,1899,1922]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">Walchia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFC35F8F0FBC6F863" box="[938,1027,1899,1922]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Walchia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuller">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFC35F8F0FBC6F863" box="[938,1027,1899,1922]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">W. fuller</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF976E7BFBA5F8F0FB11F863" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1939" box="[1082,1236,1899,1922]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Walchia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morobensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF976E7BFBA5F8F0FB11F863" box="[1082,1236,1899,1922]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="140">W. morobensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF976E7BFB75F8F0FA50F863" author="DOMROW, R." box="[1258,1429,1899,1922]" pageId="6" pageNumber="140" pagination="759 - 798" refId="ref12740" refString="DOMROW, R. 1967. Mite parasites of small mammals from scrub typhus foci in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 759 - 798." type="journal article" year="1967">Domrow (1967)</bibRefCitation>
reported 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2FF51FEE8FF00" box="[109,301,202,225]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antipdoianumi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2FF51FEE8FF00" box="[109,301,202,225]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">G. antipdoianumi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFEA2FF51FE3EFF00" box="[317,507,202,225]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Guntheria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="queenslandica">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFEA2FF51FE3EFF00" box="[317,507,202,225]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">G. queenslandica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD94FF51FDA9FF00" baseAuthorityName="Fain" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[523,620,202,225]" class="Arachnida" family="Ereynetidae" genus="Paraspeleognathopsis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bakeri">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD94FF51FDA9FF00" box="[523,620,202,225]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. bakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD32FF51FF03FEE0" class="Arachnida" family="Myobiidae" genus="Radfordia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fanningi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD32FF51FF03FEE0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Radfordia fanningi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE94FF71FE58FEE0" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[267,413,234,257]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE94FF71FE58FEE0" box="[267,413,234,257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
originating in grassland. Given the generally sharply defined habitat contrast between 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD18FE91FCDDFEC0" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[647,792,266,289]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD18FE91FCDDFEC0" box="[647,792,266,289]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF06FEB1FEC2FEA0" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[153,263,298,321]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burtoni">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF06FEB1FEC2FEA0" box="[153,263,298,321]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M.burtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is likely that the host species was misidentified.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF966E7AFF07FED1FE0BFE21" blockId="7.[108,793,201,1953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF07FED1FEB4FE80" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[152,369,330,353]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF07FED1FEB4FE80" box="[152,369,330,353]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also known to carry at least 5 different species of keratinophilic fungi, namely 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFDC4FEF1FF50FE40" authorityName="Berkeley" authorityYear="1860" class="Eurotiomycetes" family="Arthrodermataceae" genus="Arthroderma" kingdom="Fungi" order="Onygenales" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="curreyi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFDC4FEF1FF50FE40" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Arthroderma curreyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF3AFE11FEDEFE40" box="[165,283,394,417]" class="Eurotiomycetes" family="Arthrodermataceae" genus="Arthroderma" kingdom="Fungi" order="Onygenales" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="cuniculi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF3AFE11FEDEFE40" box="[165,283,394,417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">A. cuniculi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFEB4FE11FE64FE40" box="[299,417,394,417]" class="Eurotiomycetes" family="Arthrodermataceae" genus="Arthroderma" kingdom="Fungi" order="Onygenales" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="cajetani">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFEB4FE11FE64FE40" box="[299,417,394,417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">A. cajetani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE2FFE11FD26FE41" authority="(Rees 1967)" baseAuthorityName="Rees" baseAuthorityYear="1967" box="[432,739,393,417]" class="Eurotiomycetes" family="Onygenaceae" genus="Chrysosporium" kingdom="Fungi" order="Onygenales" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE2FFE11FD91FE40" box="[432,596,394,417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Chrysosporium</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFDF8FE12FD1CFE41" author="REES, R. G." box="[615,729,393,416]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="165 - 172" refId="ref15777" refString="REES, R. G. 1967. Keratinophilic fungi from Queensland - I. Isolations from animal hair and scales. Medical Mycology 5: 165 - 172." type="journal article" year="1967">Rees 1967</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2FE31FE0CFE21" authority="(Hubalek 2000)" baseAuthorityName="Hubalek" baseAuthorityYear="2000" box="[109,457,425,449]" class="Eurotiomycetes" family="Arthrodermataceae" genus="Arthroderma" kingdom="Fungi" order="Onygenales" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Ascomycota" rank="species" species="tuberculatum">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2FE31FEDDFE20" box="[109,280,426,449]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">A. tuberculatum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFEB7FE32FE7BFE21" author="HUBaLEK, Z." box="[296,446,425,448]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" refId="ref14093" refString="HUBaLEK, Z. 2000. Keratinophilic fungi associated with free-living mammals and birds. Pp. 93 - 103 in Biology of dermatophytes and other keratinophilic fungi (R. K. S. Kushwaha and J. Guarro, eds.). Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia, Sao Paulo, Brazil." type="book" year="2000">Hubalek 2000</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF966E7AFF07FE52FE40FC61" blockId="7.[108,793,201,1953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF07FE52FD7CFE00" box="[152,697,457,481]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF07FE52FE7EFE00" bold="true" box="[152,443,457,481]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Interspecific interactions.</emphasis>
― 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE43FE51FD7CFE00" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[476,697,458,481]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">Melomys cervinipes</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is sympatric over parts of its range with 2, almost morphologically indistinguishable species, namely 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD9EFD91FDBAFDC0" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[513,639,522,545]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burtoni">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD9EFD91FDBAFDC0" box="[513,639,522,545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. burtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Taylor and Horner 1970; Watts and Aslin 1981; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFE6AFDB2FDADFDA1" author="FROST, A." box="[501,616,553,576]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="123 - 126" refId="ref13427" refString="FROST, A. 2008. A field-based method for distinguishing Melomys burtoni from M. cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52: 123 - 126." type="journal article" year="2008">Frost 2008</bibRefCitation>
) and a currently undescribed mosaic-tailed cryptic taxon, 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFDACFDD1FD7BFD80" box="[563,702,586,609]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">species nova</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFD51FDD2FF25FD61" author="BRYANT, L. M. &amp; DONNELLAN, D. A. &amp; HURWOOD &amp; AND S. J." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="433 - 447" refId="ref11980" refString="BRYANT, L. M., S. C. DONNELLAN, D. A. HURWOOD, AND S. J. FULLER. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships and divergence date estimates among Australo-Papuan mosaic-tailed rats from the Uromys division (Rodentia: Muridae). Zoologica Scripta 40: 433 - 447." type="journal article" year="2011">Bryant et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
). This taxon is not monophyletic with any 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD29FDF1FCDDFD60" box="[694,792,618,641]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Australian or New Guinean) and is considered a sister taxon to 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF3FD31FF0BFD20" box="[108,206,682,705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE96FD31FEA6FD20" box="[265,355,682,705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Solomys</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFDCCFD31FD2FFD20" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[595,746,682,705]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFDCCFD31FD2FFD20" box="[595,746,682,705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF0FD51FF23FD00" box="[111,230,714,737]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. burtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are generally sharply segregated in space (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFD48FD52FF66FCE1" author="SMITH, G. C." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="551 - 563" refId="ref16301" refString="SMITH, G. C. 1985. Biology and habitat usage of sympatric populations of the fawn-footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) and the grassland melomys (M. burtoni) (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Zoologist 21: 551 - 563." type="journal article" year="1985">Smith 1985</bibRefCitation>
), utilizing different habitats (rainforest versus grassland). 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2FC91FEC3FCC0" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[109,262,778,801]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2FC91FEC3FCC0" box="[109,262,778,801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
currently possesses an allopatric distribution to 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFEFFCB1FF2BFCA0" authorityName="Tate" authorityYear="1951" box="[112,238,810,833]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFEFFCB1FF2BFCA0" box="[112,238,810,833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFEAFFCB1FE77FCA0" box="[304,434,810,833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
being restricted to the Cape 
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Peninsula and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE87FCD1FE77FC80" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[280,434,842,865]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE87FCD1FE77FC80" box="[280,434,842,865]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurring south of this region (Bryant and Fuller 2014).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF07FC11FEB4FC40" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[152,369,906,929]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF07FC11FEB4FC40" box="[152,369,906,929]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
commonly occurs with the Cape York rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF08FC31FE8FFC20" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1867" box="[151,330,938,961]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucopus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF08FC31FE8FFC20" box="[151,330,938,961]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Rattus leucopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the same habitat, suggesting limited competition (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFF60FC52FE67FC01" author="LAURANCE, W. F." box="[255,418,969,992]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="23 - 32" refId="ref14561" refString="LAURANCE, W. F. 1994. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 69: 23 - 32." type="journal article" year="1994">Laurance 1994</bibRefCitation>
). Co-occurrence is likely possible because the Cape York rat rarely leaves the forest floor, whereas 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2FB91FEC6FBC0" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[109,259,1034,1057]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2FB91FEC6FBC0" box="[109,259,1034,1057]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is scansorial (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFE38FB92FDE2FBC1" author="WOOD, D. H." box="[423,551,1033,1056]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="371 - 392" refId="ref17961" refString="WOOD, D. H. 1971. The ecology of Rattus fuscipes and Melomys cervinipes (Rodentia: Muridae) in a South-East Queensland rain forest. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 371 - 392." type="journal article" year="1971">Wood 1971</bibRefCitation>
). In contrast, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD59FB91FF7CFBA0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
abundance is lower in habitats occupied by the bush rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF09FBD1FEFBFB80" baseAuthorityName="Waterhouse" baseAuthorityYear="1839" box="[150,318,1098,1121]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF09FBD1FEFBFB80" box="[150,318,1098,1121]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Rattus fuscipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and giant white-tailed rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFDECFBD1FF19FB60" baseAuthorityName="Krefft" baseAuthorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudimaculatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFDECFBD1FF19FB60" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Uromys caudimaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, suggesting competitive exclusion as a consequence of diet (both consume seeds, nuts, stems, and leaves—Watts 1977) or space use (both species are scansorial—Laurance 1992) by these larger-bodied species. 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD83FB51FD71FB00" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[540,692,1226,1249]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD83FB51FD71FB00" box="[540,692,1226,1249]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also cooccurs with several other mammal species (
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; 
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Williams et al. 1993 
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, 1996; 
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; 
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; 
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; Rader and Krockenberger 2006; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFD50FAB2FF1BFA81" author="VERNES, K. A. &amp; GREEN, A. &amp; HOWES &amp; AND L." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="93 - 105" refId="ref17365" refString="VERNES, K. A., S. GREEN, A. HOWES, AND L. DUNN. 2006. Species richness and habitat associations on non-flying mammals in Gibraltar Range National Park. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 127: 93 - 105." type="journal article" year="2006">Vernes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFF73FAD2FE4CFA81" author="ROWLAND, J." box="[236,393,1353,1376]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="4 - 18" refId="ref16081" refString="ROWLAND, J. 2015. Diversity and abundance of small, non-gliding terrestrial mammals at bushland restoration sites in western Brisbane. Queensland Naturalist 53: 4 - 18." type="journal article" year="2015">Rowland 2015</bibRefCitation>
; 
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): feathertail glider 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2FAF1FE95FA60" baseAuthorityName="Shaw" baseAuthorityYear="1793" box="[109,336,1386,1409]" class="Mammalia" family="Acrobatidae" genus="Acrobates" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pygmaeus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2FAF1FE95FA60" box="[109,336,1386,1409]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Acrobates pygmaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, rufous bettong 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD91FAF1FCD4FA60" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1837" box="[526,785,1386,1409]" class="Mammalia" family="Potoroidae" genus="Aepyprymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD91FAF1FCD4FA60" box="[526,785,1386,1409]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Aepyprymnus rufescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, rusty 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF34FA12FE5BFA40" authority="Antechinus" authorityName="Antechinus" box="[171,414,1417,1441]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Neotrombicula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antechinus">
antechinus 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFEB8FA11FE5BFA40" box="[295,414,1418,1441]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Antechinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE39FA11FE32FA40" box="[422,503,1418,1441]" class="Secernentea" family="Metastrongylidae" genus="Angiostrongylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strongylida" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Nematoda" rank="species" species="adustus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE39FA11FE32FA40" box="[422,503,1418,1441]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">adustus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, yellow-footed antechinus 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF1FA31FE91FA21" authority=", Atherton" authorityName="Atherton" box="[110,340,1449,1473]" class="Mammalia" family="Potoroidae" genus="Aepyprymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF1FA31FF27FA20" box="[110,226,1450,1473]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">A. flavipes</emphasis>
, Atherton
</taxonomicName>
antechinus 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE41FA31FD9AFA20" box="[478,607,1450,1473]" class="Mammalia" family="Potoroidae" genus="Aepyprymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="godmani">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE41FA31FD9AFA20" box="[478,607,1450,1473]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">A. godmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, brown antechinus 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF04FA51FECCFA00" box="[155,265,1482,1505]" class="Mammalia" family="Potoroidae" genus="Aepyprymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stuartii">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF04FA51FECCFA00" box="[155,265,1482,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">A. stuartii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, northern bettong 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE47FA51FD51FA00" authorityName="Wakefield" authorityYear="1967" box="[472,660,1482,1505]" class="Mammalia" family="Potoroidae" genus="Bettongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tropica">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE47FA51FD51FA00" box="[472,660,1482,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Bettongia tropica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, long-tailed pygmy possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE80FA71FDCCF9E0" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1877" box="[287,521,1514,1537]" class="Mammalia" family="Burramyidae" genus="Cercartetus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caudatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE80FA71FDCCF9E0" box="[287,521,1514,1537]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Cercartetus caudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, eastern pygmy possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2F991FF11F9C0" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1818" box="[109,212,1546,1569]" class="Mammalia" family="Burramyidae" genus="Cercartetus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2F991FF11F9C0" box="[109,212,1546,1569]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">C. nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, striped possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE3FF991FD58F9C0" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1858" box="[416,669,1546,1569]" class="Mammalia" family="Petauridae" genus="Dactylopsila" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trivirgata">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE3FF991FD58F9C0" box="[416,669,1546,1569]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Dactylopsila trivirgata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Bennett’s tree-kangaroo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE89F9B1FDFAF9A0" box="[278,575,1578,1601]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bennettianus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE89F9B1FDFAF9A0" box="[278,575,1578,1601]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Dendrolagus bennettianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Lumholtz’s treekangaroo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF46F9D1FE9AF980" authorityName="Collett" authorityYear="1884" box="[217,351,1610,1633]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Dendrolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumholtzi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF46F9D1FE9AF980" box="[217,351,1610,1633]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">D. lumholtzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, lemuroid ringtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD1BF9D1FF21F960" baseAuthorityName="Collett" baseAuthorityYear="1884" class="Mammalia" family="Pseudocheiridae" genus="Hemibelideus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lemuroides">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD1BF9D1FF21F960" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Hemibelideus lemuroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, water rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFEFFF9F1FDA7F960" box="[352,610,1642,1665]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Hydromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chrysogaster">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFEFFF9F1FDA7F960" box="[352,610,1642,1665]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Hydromys chrysogaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, musky rat-kangaroo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF25F911FEB6F940" authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1876" box="[186,371,1674,1697]" class="Mammalia" family="Hypsiprymnodontidae" genus="Hypsiprymnodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF25F911FEB6F940" box="[186,371,1674,1697]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Hypsiprymnodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, northern brown bandicoot 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD5EF911FF25F920" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Isoodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrourus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD5EF911FF25F920" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Isoodon macrourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, long-nosed bandicoot 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE61F931FD02F920" box="[510,711,1706,1729]" class="Mammalia" family="Peramelidae" genus="Perameles" kingdom="Animalia" order="Peramelemorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nasuta">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE61F931FD02F920" box="[510,711,1706,1729]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Perameles nasuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, spectacled hare-wallaby 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFECBF951FDBEF900" box="[340,635,1738,1761]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Lagochestes conspicillatus</emphasis>
, brown hares 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2F971FEDEF8E0" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[109,283,1770,1793]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2F971FEDEF8E0" box="[109,283,1770,1793]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Lepus capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, agile wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE42F971FD50F8E0" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[477,661,1770,1793]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agilis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE42F971FD50F8E0" box="[477,661,1770,1793]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Macropus agilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, antilopine kangaroo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFF45F891FEBFF8C0" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[218,378,1802,1825]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antilopinus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFF45F891FEBFF8C0" box="[218,378,1802,1825]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. antilopinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, eastern grey kangaroo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFD1AF891FCD4F8C0" authorityName="Shaw &amp; Nodder" authorityYear="1790" box="[645,785,1802,1825]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="giganteus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFD1AF891FCD4F8C0" box="[645,785,1802,1825]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. giganteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, parma wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE85F8B1FE4DF8A0" box="[282,392,1834,1857]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parma">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE85F8B1FE4DF8A0" box="[282,392,1834,1857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. parma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, whip-tail wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFDFAF8B1FD0AF8A0" box="[613,719,1834,1857]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parryi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFDFAF8B1FD0AF8A0" box="[613,719,1834,1857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. parryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, common wallaroo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFE95F8D1FE4FF880" box="[266,394,1866,1889]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="robustus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFE95F8D1FE4FF880" box="[266,394,1866,1889]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. robustus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, red-necked wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFDECF8D1FCD4F880" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1817" box="[627,785,1866,1889]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Macropus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufogriseus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFDECF8D1FCD4F880" box="[627,785,1866,1889]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. rufogriseus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, black-footed tree-rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFEF8F8F1FDADF860" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1843" box="[359,616,1898,1921]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mesembriomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gouldii">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFEF8F8F1FDADF860" box="[359,616,1898,1921]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Mesembriomys gouldii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, house mouse 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFFF2F811FF39F840" box="[109,252,1930,1953]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mesembriomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musculus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFFF2F811FF39F840" box="[109,252,1930,1953]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. musculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, platypus 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFEE5F811FD59F840" baseAuthorityName="Shaw" baseAuthorityYear="1799" box="[378,668,1930,1953]" class="Mammalia" family="Ornithorhynchidae" genus="Ornithorhynchus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monotremata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anatinus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFEE5F811FD59F840" box="[378,668,1930,1953]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Ornithorhynchus anatinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, European rabbit 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC0BFF51FB49FF00" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[916,1164,202,225]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Oryctolagus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cuniculus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC0BFF51FB49FF00" box="[916,1164,202,225]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Oryctolagus cuniculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, yellow-bellied glider 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFA0BFF51FC63FEE0" authorityName="Shaw &amp; Nodder" authorityYear="1791" class="Mammalia" family="Petauridae" genus="Petaurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA0BFF51FC63FEE0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Petaurus australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, mahogany glider 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBE0FF71FB35FEE0" baseAuthorityName="de Vis" baseAuthorityYear="1883" box="[1151,1264,234,257]" class="Mammalia" family="Petauridae" genus="Petaurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBE0FF71FB35FEE0" box="[1151,1264,234,257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, sugar glider 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFA0BFF71FCBDFEC0" class="Mammalia" family="Petauridae" genus="Petaurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="breviceps">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA0BFF71FCBDFEC0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. breviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, squirrel glider 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBB4FE91FB0CFEC0" baseAuthorityName="Kerr" baseAuthorityYear="1792" box="[1067,1225,266,289]" class="Mammalia" family="Petauridae" genus="Petaurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="norfolcensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBB4FE91FB0CFEC0" box="[1067,1225,266,289]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. norfolcensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, greater glider 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAE9FE91FC4BFEA0" baseAuthorityName="Kerr" baseAuthorityYear="1792" class="Mammalia" family="Pseudocheiridae" genus="Petauroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="volans">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAE9FE91FC4BFEA0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Petauroides volans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, allied rock-wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB0CFEB1FAACFEA0" authorityName="Ramsay" authorityYear="1877" box="[1171,1385,298,321]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Petrogale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="assimilis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB0CFEB1FAACFEA0" box="[1171,1385,298,321]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Petrogale assimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, unadorned rock-wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC41FED1FB92FE80" box="[990,1111,330,353]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Petrogale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornata">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC41FED1FB92FE80" box="[990,1111,330,353]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. inornata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Godman’s rock-wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAECFED1FC63FE61" authority=", Mareeba" authorityName="Mareeba" class="Mammalia" family="Potoroidae" genus="Aepyprymnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="godmani">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAECFED1FA29FE80" box="[1395,1516,330,353]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. godmani</emphasis>
, Mareeba
</taxonomicName>
rock-wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBCEFEF1FB15FE60" box="[1105,1232,362,385]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Petrogale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mareeba">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBCEFEF1FB15FE60" box="[1105,1232,362,385]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. mareeba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Sharman’s rock-wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCD7FE11FC15FE40" box="[840,976,394,417]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Petrogale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sharmani">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCD7FE11FC15FE40" box="[840,976,394,417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. sharmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, brush-tailed phascogale 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB66FE11FA29FE40" box="[1273,1516,394,417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Phascogale tapoatafa</emphasis>
, koala 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC12FE31FB4EFE20" baseAuthorityName="Goldfuss" baseAuthorityYear="1817" box="[909,1163,426,449]" class="Mammalia" family="Phascolarctidae" genus="Phascolarctos" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC12FE31FB4EFE20" box="[909,1163,426,449]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Phascolarctos cinereus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, long-tailed planigale 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFA15FE31FC58FE00" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Planigale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ingrami">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA15FE31FC58FE00" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Planigale ingrami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, common planigale 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB1BFE51FAC3FE00" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1851" box="[1156,1286,458,481]" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Planigale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculata">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB1BFE51FAC3FE00" box="[1156,1286,458,481]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. maculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, prehensile-tailed rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCD7FE71FB9CFDE0" authorityName="Peters &amp; Doria" authorityYear="1881" box="[840,1113,490,513]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mollipilosus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCD7FE71FB9CFDE0" box="[840,1113,490,513]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Pogonomys mollipilosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, long-nosed potoroo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAC0FE71FC67FDC0" baseAuthorityName="Kerr" baseAuthorityYear="1792" class="Mammalia" family="Potoroidae" genus="Potorous" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tridactylus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAC0FE71FC67FDC0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Potorous tridactylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, common ringtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB4EFD91FA29FDC0" baseAuthorityName="Boddaert" baseAuthorityYear="1785" box="[1233,1516,522,545]" class="Mammalia" family="Pseudocheiridae" genus="Pseudocheirus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="peregrinus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB4EFD91FA29FDC0" box="[1233,1516,522,545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Pseudocheirus peregrinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, green ringtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBDFFDB1FA36FDA1" authority=", Daintree River" authorityName="Daintree River" box="[1088,1523,553,577]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudocheirops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="archeri">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBDFFDB1FA87FDA0" box="[1088,1346,554,577]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Pseudocheirops archeri</emphasis>
, Daintree River
</taxonomicName>
ringtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC61FDD1FA71FD81" authority=", Herbert River" authorityName="Herbert River" box="[1022,1460,585,609]" class="Mammalia" family="Pseudocheiridae" genus="Pseudochirulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC61FDD1FACFFD80" box="[1022,1290,586,609]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Pseudochirulus cinereus</emphasis>
, Herbert River
</taxonomicName>
ringtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC4BFDF1FBBDFD60" baseAuthorityName="Collett" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[980,1144,618,641]" class="Mammalia" family="Pseudocheiridae" genus="Pseudochirulus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="herbertensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC4BFDF1FBBDFD60" box="[980,1144,618,641]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. herbertensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, delicate mouse 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAA2FDF1FC53FD40" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1842" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="delicatulus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAA2FDF1FC53FD40" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Pseudomys delicatulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, eastern chestnut mouse 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB5AFD11FA54FD40" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1845" box="[1221,1425,650,673]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pseudomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gracilicaudatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB5AFD11FA54FD40" box="[1221,1425,650,673]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">P. gracilicaudatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, swamp rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCEFFD31FBDAFD20" baseAuthorityName="J.E.Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[880,1055,682,705]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutreolus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCEFFD31FBDAFD20" box="[880,1055,682,705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Rattus lutreolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, brown rat, black rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFA81FD31FA45FD20" box="[1310,1408,682,705]" class="Arachnida" family="Trombiculidae" genus="Ascoschoengastia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rattus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA81FD31FA45FD20" box="[1310,1408,682,705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">R. rattus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, canefield rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCF1FD51FC2FFD00" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[878,1002,714,737]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sordidus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCF1FD51FC2FFD00" box="[878,1002,714,737]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">R. sordidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, pale field rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB10FD51FB3BFD00" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[1167,1278,714,737]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tunneyi">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB10FD51FB3BFD00" box="[1167,1278,714,737]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">R. tunneyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, white-footed dunnart 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCD7FD71FBF6FCE0" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[840,1075,746,769]" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Sminthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucopus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCD7FD71FBF6FCE0" box="[840,1075,746,769]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Sminthopsis leucopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, stripe-faced dunnart 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAB7FD71FA6EFCE0" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1845" box="[1320,1451,746,769]" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Sminthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macroura">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAB7FD71FA6EFCE0" box="[1320,1451,746,769]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">S. macroura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, common dunnart 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC45FC91FB86FCC0" baseAuthorityName="Waterhouse" baseAuthorityYear="1838" box="[986,1091,778,801]" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Sminthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="murina">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC45FC91FB86FCC0" box="[986,1091,778,801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">S. murina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, red-cheeked dunnart 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAA8FC91FA76FCC0" baseAuthorityName="de Tarragon" baseAuthorityYear="1847" box="[1335,1459,778,801]" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Sminthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="virginiae">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAA8FC91FA76FCC0" box="[1335,1459,778,801]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">S. virginiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, feral pig 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCEAFCB1FC22FCA0" box="[885,999,810,833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Sus scrofa</emphasis>
, short-beaked echidna 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB73FCB1FA29FCA0" baseAuthorityName="Shaw" baseAuthorityYear="1792" box="[1260,1516,810,833]" class="Mammalia" family="Tachyglossidae" genus="Tachyglossus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Monotremata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aculeatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB73FCB1FA29FCA0" box="[1260,1516,810,833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Tachyglossus aculeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, red-legged pademelon 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBDAFCD1FAE2FC80" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1860" box="[1093,1319,842,865]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Thylogale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stigmatica">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBDAFCD1FAE2FC80" box="[1093,1319,842,865]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Thylogale stigmatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, red-necked pademelon 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC0AFCF1FC29FC60" baseAuthorityName="Lesson" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[917,1004,874,897]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Thylogale" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thetis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC0AFCF1FC29FC60" box="[917,1004,874,897]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">T. thetis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, mountain brushtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAAEFCF1FCA8FC40" baseAuthorityName="Ogilby" baseAuthorityYear="1835" class="Mammalia" family="Phalangeridae" genus="Trichosurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caninus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAAEFCF1FCA8FC40" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Trichosurus caninus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, coppery brushtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB05FC11FAE5FC40" baseAuthorityName="Ramsay" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1178,1312,906,929]" class="Mammalia" family="Phalangeridae" genus="Trichosurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="johnstonii">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB05FC11FAE5FC40" box="[1178,1312,906,929]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">T. johnstonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, common brushtail possum 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFC3CFC31FBEDFC20" baseAuthorityName="Kerr" baseAuthorityYear="1792" box="[931,1064,938,961]" class="Mammalia" family="Phalangeridae" genus="Trichosurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vulpecula">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC3CFC31FBEDFC20" box="[931,1064,938,961]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">T. vulpecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, masked white-tailed rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFADCFC31FCAFFC00" baseAuthorityName="Winter" baseAuthorityYear="1984" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Uromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hadrourus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFADCFC31FCAFFC00" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Uromys hadrourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, swamp wallaby 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBABFC51FB2BFC00" baseAuthorityName="Desmarest" baseAuthorityYear="1804" box="[1076,1262,970,993]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Wallabia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicolor">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBABFC51FB2BFC00" box="[1076,1262,970,993]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Wallabia bicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and common rock rat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCD7FC71FBC2FBE0" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1889" box="[840,1031,1002,1025]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Zyzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="argurus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCD7FC71FBC2FBE0" box="[840,1031,1002,1025]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Zyzomys argurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB83FC71FB73FBE0" baseAuthorityName="Knox" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[1052,1206,1002,1025]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB83FC71FB73FBE0" box="[1052,1206,1002,1025]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has numerous natural predators, including the dingo 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB08FB91FA99FBC0" authorityName="Meyer" authorityYear="1793" box="[1175,1372,1034,1057]" class="Mammalia" family="Canidae" genus="Canis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="lupus" subSpecies="dingo">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB08FB91FA99FBC0" box="[1175,1372,1034,1057]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Canis lupus dingo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFAF3FB92FCBBFBA1" author="VERNES, K. &amp; A. DENNIS &amp; AND J." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="339 - 345" refId="ref17283" refString="VERNES, K., A. DENNIS, AND J. WINTER. 2001. Mammalian diet and broad hunting strategy of the dingo (Canis familiaris dingo) in the wet tropical rain forests of Northeastern Australia. Biotropica 33: 339 - 345." type="journal article" year="2001">Vernes et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFC13FBB2FB80FBA1" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." box="[908,1093,1065,1088]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
), spotted tail quoll 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFA89FBB1FA36FBA0" baseAuthorityName="Kerr" baseAuthorityYear="1792" box="[1302,1523,1066,1089]" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Dasyurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA89FBB1FA36FBA0" box="[1302,1523,1066,1089]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Dasyurus maculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFCCEFBD2FBD3FB81" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." box="[849,1046,1097,1120]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
; Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFB34FBD2FAF9FB81" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[1195,1340,1097,1120]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
), northern quoll 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCD7FBF1FAC0FB61" authority="(Moore and Burnett 2008)" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[840,1285,1129,1153]" class="Mammalia" family="Dasyuridae" genus="Dasyurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dasyuromorphia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hallucatus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCD7FBF1FC19FB60" box="[840,988,1130,1153]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">D. hallucatus</emphasis>
(Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFBF3FBF2FB3EFB61" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[1132,1275,1129,1152]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, sooty owl 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFA17FBF1FC5CFB40" baseAuthorityName="Gould" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Aves" family="Tytonidae" genus="Tyto" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strigiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenebricosa">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA17FBF1FC5CFB40" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Tyto tenebricosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFC35FB12FBF9FB41" author="HOLMES, G." box="[938,1084,1161,1184]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="25 - 27" refId="ref14027" refString="HOLMES, G. 1994. Prey of the sooty owl in subtropical Australia. The Sunbird 24: 25 - 27." type="journal article" year="1994">Holmes 1994</bibRefCitation>
; Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFB54FB12FA9EFB41" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[1227,1371,1161,1184]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
), lesser sooty owl 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCEAFB31FBE1FB20" authorityName="Mathews" authorityYear="1912" box="[885,1060,1194,1217]" class="Aves" family="Tytonidae" genus="Tyto" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strigiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multipunctata">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCEAFB31FBE1FB20" box="[885,1060,1194,1217]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">T. multipunctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFB32FB32FAFFFB21" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[1197,1338,1193,1216]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFAD8FB32FCB8FB01" author="MCDONALD, K. &amp; S. BURNETT &amp; AND W." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="685 - 697" refId="ref15142" refString="MCDONALD, K., S. BURNETT, AND W. ROBINSON. 2013. Utility of owl pellets for monitoring threatened mammal communities: an Australian case study. Wildlife Research 40: 685 - 697." type="journal article" year="2013">
<collectingCountry id="F8DF7632FF966E7AFAD8FB32FA7FFB21" box="[1351,1466,1193,1216]" name="Heard Island and McDonald Islands" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">McDonald</collectingCountry>
et al. 2013
</bibRefCitation>
), southern boobook 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBF9FB51FC4DFAE1" authority="(Moore and Burnett 2008)" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" class="Aves" family="Strigidae" genus="Ninox" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strigiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boobook">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBF9FB51FAC8FB00" box="[1126,1293,1226,1249]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Ninox boobook</emphasis>
(Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFA3DFB52FCBBFAE1" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, Amethystine python 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB1BFB71FC25FAC1" authority="(Moore and Burnett 2008)" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" class="Reptilia" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amethistina">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB1BFB71FAA1FAE0" box="[1156,1380,1258,1281]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Morelia amethistina</emphasis>
(Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFCD7FA92FC13FAC1" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[840,982,1289,1312]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, carpet python 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFB17FA91FAA6FAC0" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1842" box="[1160,1379,1290,1313]" class="Reptilia" family="Pythonidae" genus="Morelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="spilota" subSpecies="variegata">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB17FA91FAA6FAC0" box="[1160,1379,1290,1313]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. spilota variegata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFAECFA92FCBBFAA1" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
; Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFB98FAB2FB51FAA1" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[1031,1172,1321,1344]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
), spotted python 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFAD1FAB1FB77FA81" authority="(Moore and Burnett 2008)" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" class="Reptilia" family="Pythonidae" genus="Antaresia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculosa">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAD1FAB1FC47FA80" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Antaresia maculosa</emphasis>
(Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFB87FAD2FB6DFA81" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." box="[1048,1192,1353,1376]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and red-bellied black snake 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCD7FAF1FAECFA61" authority="(Hayes et al. 2006)" baseAuthorityName="Hayes" baseAuthorityYear="2006" box="[840,1321,1385,1409]" class="Reptilia" family="Elapidae" genus="Pseudechis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="porphyriacus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCD7FAF1FB92FA60" box="[840,1111,1386,1409]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Pseudechis porphyriacus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFBFAFAF2FAD8FA61" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." box="[1125,1309,1385,1408]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The feral cat 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFA21FAF1FC44FA40" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Felis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="catus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA21FAF1FC44FA40" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Felis catus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also a predator of 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFBE9FA11FC4CFA21" authority="(Moore and Burnett 2008)" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBE9FA11FAC9FA40" box="[1142,1292,1418,1441]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
(Moore and 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF966E7AFA3DFA12FCBBFA21" author="BURNETT, S. &amp; AND J." pageId="7" pageNumber="141" pagination="2008" refId="ref12078" refString="BURNETT, S., AND J. WINTER. 2008. Melomys cervinipes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 13118 A 3410571. en. Accessed 2 May 2016." type="book chapter" year="2008">Burnett 2008</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF966E7AFCECFA51FAF3F841" blockId="7.[839,1525,201,1953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF966E7AFCECFA51FB83FA00" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[883,1094,1482,1505]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="141" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFCECFA51FB83FA00" box="[883,1094,1482,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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is important for increasing germination of rainforest fruits (by a factor of 3.5) due to its removal of the pericarp, suggesting it is a mutualistic frugivore with fruiting rainforest tree species (Elmouttie and Mather 2012). Out of 19 rainforest fruit species presented to both 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB53F9D1FA9EF980" box="[1228,1371,1610,1633]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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and bush rats, 16 (84% of species) showed increased germination rates, whereas the germination rates of 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFBF7F911FA8CF940" box="[1128,1353,1674,1697]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Neisosperma poweri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAC1F911FC5CF920" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Beilschmiedia recurva</emphasis>
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, and 
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monthyra
</emphasis>
were not affected (Elmouttie and Mather 2012). Interestingly, as the bush rat does not feed on either 
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or 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAEDF971FC6DF8C0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Beilschiedia bancrofti</emphasis>
(Elmouttie and Mather 2012)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFB64F891FA48F8C0" box="[1275,1421,1802,1825]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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could be particularly important for these species. Although 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFAFCF8B1FA31F8A0" box="[1379,1524,1834,1857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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has been reported to occur in sugarcane 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFA9FF8D1FAB1F880" box="[1280,1396,1866,1889]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">Saccharum</emphasis>
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, it is rarely captured in this habitat 
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, and is thus unlikely to be a major crop pest, unlike 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF966E7AFC62F811FBA8F840" box="[1021,1133,1930,1953]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="141">M. burtoni</emphasis>
(
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)
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FF07FF50FE85FF02" bold="true" box="[152,320,203,227]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Miscellaneous.</emphasis>
—Livetrapping with a bait mixture of peanut butter, honey, vanilla essence, and rolled oats (
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) is suitable for 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FEC9FE90FDEAFEC3" box="[342,559,267,290]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although it will still enter traps baited only with rolled oats and vanilla essence (
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), peanut butter and rolled oats (
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), or even linseed oil-soaked cardboard (
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). Trapping success is approximately 2.23 times higher in arboreal traps than terrestrial traps (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSection>
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FEEAFE66FDD5FDF6" bold="true" box="[373,528,509,535]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">BEHAVIOR</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF996E75FF07FDDAFD20FCF9" blockId="8.[108,793,577,1944]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FF07FDDAFEAEFDB9" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[152,363,577,600]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FF07FDDAFEAEFDB9" box="[152,363,577,600]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is nocturnal (Taylor and Horner 1970; 
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), with variations in activity depending on time of year and moonlight (
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). Most activity takes place soon after sunset, between 1770 and 2300h, and again before sunset, between 0200 and 0500 h. However, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FE15FD5AFDD3FD39" box="[394,534,705,728]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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have been captured at all hours throughout the night (T. Stewart, unpubl. data). There is no discernable change in activity between seasons (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF996E75FF07FCBAFDEDFB19" blockId="8.[108,793,577,1944]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FF07FCBAFEABFCD9" box="[152,366,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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is scansorial (Taylor and Horner 1970; Watts and Aslin 1981), favoring trees with epiphytic or attached vegetation growing on them (e.g., vines, creepers—Wood 1971). 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FFF2FC1AFEC7FC79" box="[109,258,897,920]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
makes extensive use of the arboreal environment for foraging (Rader and Krockenberger 2006) and nesting (
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). Nests are located in the center of the home range, both on, and above, the ground (between 0.8 and 
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), with both sexes using multiple nests (up to 2) simultaneously (Rader and Krockenberger 2006). Ground nest are usually located in burrows and hollows. Arboreal nests may be constructed of leaves, such as 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FF50FBFAFEEBFB99" box="[207,302,1121,1144]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Calamus</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FEF0FBFAFE1DFB99" box="[367,472,1121,1144]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Pandanus</emphasis>
(Moore and 
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)
</taxonomicName>
. 
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also utilizes grass trees 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FE65FB1AFD55FB79" box="[506,656,1153,1176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Xanthorrhoea</emphasis>
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for food and nesting (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FF55FB3AFE6BFB59" author="WILLIAMS, S. &amp; R. PEARSON &amp; AND S." box="[202,430,1185,1208]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="379 - 387" refId="ref17727" refString="WILLIAMS, S., R. PEARSON, AND S. BURNETT. 1993 a. Vertebrate fauna of three mountain tops in the Townsville region, North Queensland: Mount Cleveland, Mount Elliot and Mount Halifax. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33: 379 - 387." type="journal article" year="1993">Williams et al. 1993a</bibRefCitation>
). Nests have also been associated with human materials (e.g., beneath sheets of corrugated iron, inside furniture, etc.—S. Burnett, in litt.).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF996E75FF07FA9AFE0CF959" blockId="8.[108,793,577,1944]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">
Olfactory recognition of mammalian predators is observed during the late wet season (May—Hayes et al. 2006). Interestingly, 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FE9DFADAFE53FAB9" box="[258,406,1345,1368]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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avoids both familiar (quoll, dingo) and unfamiliar predators (Tasmanian devil 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FDA3FAFAFCD4FA99" box="[572,785,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Sarcophilus harrisii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, red fox 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FF5BFA1AFE93FA79" box="[196,342,1409,1432]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Vulpes vulpes</emphasis>
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) during this time (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FDBCFA1AFD25FA79" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." box="[547,736,1409,1432]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). No avoidance of predator cues, apart from quoll cues, is observed in the late dry season (October–November) and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FD1BFA5AFCDDFA39" box="[644,792,1473,1496]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not appear to avoid reptilian predator cues (carpet python— 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FFF2F99AFEE9F9F9" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." box="[109,300,1537,1560]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FEDBF99AFDD3F9F9" author="HAYES, R. A. &amp; H. F. NAHRUNG &amp; AND J. C." box="[324,534,1537,1560]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="1307 - 1314" refId="ref13893" refString="HAYES, R. A., H. F. NAHRUNG, AND J. C. WILSON. 2006. The response of native Australian rodents to predator odours varies seasonally: a byproduct of life history variation? Animal Behaviour 71: 1307 - 1314." type="journal article" year="2006">Hayes et al. (2006)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that this recognition and avoidance pattern occurs during the late wet season because there are more juveniles, which could be beneficial for minimizing predation risk and maximizing survival. 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FD5BF9FAFF7CF979" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
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may utter loud distress calls upon handling (Meek and Peak 2008; T. L. Rymer, in litt.).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FF07F95AFEB1F939" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[152,372,1729,1752]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FF07F95AFEB1F939" box="[152,372,1729,1752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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displays behavioral syndromes (i.e., personality), with some individuals being consistently bolder than others (
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). Activity in the open field was found to be repeatable over a 24-h period, and activity in the open field was correlated with activity in both novel object and predator avoidance tests (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FEB9F8FAFE68F899" author="TURNER, A. A." box="[294,429,1889,1912]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" refId="ref17165" refString="TURNER, A. A. 2015. Do Melomys cervinipes have personalities? Variations in behaviour and hormones in a tropical rainforest rodent. Bachelor of Science Honours thesis, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2015">Turner 2015</bibRefCitation>
). Interestingly, when exposed to a handling stress, bolder animals show increased testosterone production, rather than inhibition, as should occur with increased glucocorticoid synthesis (Retana-Márquez et al. 2003; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FA2FFF70FC78FEC3" author="HARDY, M. P." pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="147 - 153" refId="ref13784" refString="HARDY, M. P., ET AL. 2005. Stress hormone and male reproductive function. Cell Tissue Research 322: 147 - 153." type="journal article" year="2005">Hardy et al. 2005</bibRefCitation>
), compared to more shy individuals (
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). However, testosterone is energetically expensive to produce, and these bolder animals consequently show decreased glucose concentrations under stressful situations (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FA9BFEF0FA42FE63" author="TURNER, A. A." box="[1284,1415,363,386]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" refId="ref17165" refString="TURNER, A. A. 2015. Do Melomys cervinipes have personalities? Variations in behaviour and hormones in a tropical rainforest rodent. Bachelor of Science Honours thesis, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2015">Turner 2015</bibRefCitation>
). Anxiety behavior, as measured by the time spent active in the open arms of a plus maze, was not correlated with corticosterone, a stress glucocorticoid, production (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FBE7FE50FA44FE03" author="CHARMANDARI, E. &amp; C. TSIGOS &amp; AND G." box="[1144,1409,459,482]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="259 - 284" refId="ref12265" refString="CHARMANDARI, E., C. TSIGOS, AND G. CHROUSOS. 2005. Endocrinology of the stress response. Annual Review of Physiology 67: 259 - 284." type="journal article" year="2005">Charmandari et al. 2005</bibRefCitation>
), suggesting decoupling of personality traits (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FB47FE70FA98FDE3" author="TURNER, A. A." box="[1240,1373,491,514]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" refId="ref17165" refString="TURNER, A. A. 2015. Do Melomys cervinipes have personalities? Variations in behaviour and hormones in a tropical rainforest rodent. Bachelor of Science Honours thesis, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2015">Turner 2015</bibRefCitation>
). This is predicted in complex environments, such as tropical rainforests, where habitat complexity may select for both behavioral flexibility (associated with reactive coping styles) and boldness (associated with proactive coping styles—Delarue et al. 2015).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FBCDFD26FB2FFD36" bold="true" box="[1106,1258,701,727]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">GENETICS</emphasis>
</heading>
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The genus 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FC74FC9AFB8EFCF9" box="[1003,1099,769,792]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys</emphasis>
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in 
<collectingCountry id="F8DF7632FF996E75FBF2FC9AFB0AFCF9" box="[1133,1231,769,792]" name="Australia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Australia</collectingCountry>
and New 
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is monophyletic, excluding 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FBBBFCBAFB71FCD9" box="[1060,1204,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Paramelomys</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, and is paraphyletic with 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB91FCDAFBA2FCB9" box="[1038,1127,833,856]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Solomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Watts and Baverstock 1995; 
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FA2AFCDAFC7AFC99" author="ROWE, K. C. &amp; RENO, D. M. &amp; RICHMOND, R. M. &amp; ADKINS &amp; AND S. J." pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="84 - 101" refId="ref16010" refString="ROWE, K. C., M. L. RENO, D. M. RICHMOND, R. M. ADKINS, AND S. J. STEPPAN. 2008. Pliocene colonization and adaptive radiations in Australia and New Guinea (Sahul): multilocus systematics of the old endemic rodents (Muroidea: Murinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 84 - 101." type="journal article" year="2008">Rowe et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
; 
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). Indeed, 
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suggested that 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FC50FC1AFB9AFC79" box="[975,1119,897,920]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Paramelomys</emphasis>
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is a plesiomorphic sister group to 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FCD7FC3AFC6DFC59" box="[840,936,929,952]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Genetic studies suggest that 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB63FC3AFA99FC59" box="[1276,1372,929,952]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FA05FC3AFA36FC59" box="[1434,1523,929,952]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Solomys</emphasis>
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diverged about 2.3 million years ago (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FB78FC5AFAA8FC39" author="BRYANT, L. M." box="[1255,1389,961,984]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" refId="ref11935" refString="BRYANT, L. M. 2013. Cryptic diversity and evolutionary relationships among Australian closed-forest Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) and related Australo-Papuan mosaic-tailed rats. Ph. D. dissertation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2013">Bryant 2013</bibRefCitation>
). This close relationship between 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FBAAFC7AFB50FC19" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[1077,1173,993,1016]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FBAAFC7AFB50FC19" box="[1077,1173,993,1016]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FB4EFC7AFAEFFC19" box="[1233,1322,993,1016]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Solomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB4EFC7AFAEFFC19" box="[1233,1322,993,1016]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Solomys</emphasis>
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is also evidenced in the region encoded by exon 6 of Zp3 (zona pellucida glycoprotein 3), where both groups share a histidine in position 298 (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FC1EFBDAFB86FBB9" author="SWANN, C. A. &amp; S. J. B. COOPER &amp; AND W. G." box="[897,1091,1089,1112]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="697 - 708" refId="ref16788" refString="SWANN, C. A., S. J. B. COOPER, AND W. G. BREED. 2007. Molecular evolution of the carboxy terminal region of the zona pellucida 3 glycoprotein in murine rodents. Reproduction 133: 697 - 708." type="journal article" year="2007">Swann et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
). The 3 extant Australian 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FAC0FBDAFA7AFBB9" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[1375,1471,1089,1112]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FAC0FBDAFA7AFBB9" box="[1375,1471,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, and the extinct 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FBAAFBFAFB72FB99" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1924" box="[1077,1207,1121,1144]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubicola">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FBAAFBFAFB72FB99" box="[1077,1207,1121,1144]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. rubicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, shared a common ancestor approximately 1.3–1.5 million years ago, after which 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FA00FB1AFCB4FB59" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="burtoni">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FA00FB1AFCB4FB59" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. burtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
diverged from 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FB87FB3AFB6FFB59" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[1048,1194,1185,1208]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB87FB3AFB6FFB59" box="[1048,1194,1185,1208]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FB27FB3AFAF2FB59" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1924" box="[1208,1335,1185,1208]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rubicola">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB27FB3AFAF2FB59" box="[1208,1335,1185,1208]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. rubicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FAECFB3AFA31FB59" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[1395,1524,1185,1208]" class="Mammalia" family="Leporidae" genus="Lepus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lagomorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FAECFB3AFA31FB59" box="[1395,1524,1185,1208]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FCCEFB5AFC10FB39" author="BRYANT, L. M." box="[849,981,1217,1240]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" refId="ref11935" refString="BRYANT, L. M. 2013. Cryptic diversity and evolutionary relationships among Australian closed-forest Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) and related Australo-Papuan mosaic-tailed rats. Ph. D. dissertation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." type="book" year="2013">Bryant 2013</bibRefCitation>
; Bryant and Fuller 2014).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="807736A2FF996E75FCECFB7AFA93FA59" blockId="8.[838,1525,769,1944]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FCECFB7AFB8FFB19" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[883,1098,1249,1272]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FCECFB7AFB8FFB19" box="[883,1098,1249,1272]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a diploid number (2n) of 48 chromosomes (
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), although the modal number of chromosomes can differ cell to cell, and up to 12 additional B chromosomes may be present (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF996E75FB45FADAFA26FAB9" author="BAVERSTOCK, P. R. &amp; C. H. S. WATTS &amp; AND J. T." box="[1242,1507,1345,1368]" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" pagination="95 - 125" refId="ref11071" refString="BAVERSTOCK, P. R., C. H. S. WATTS, AND J. T. HOGARTH. 1977. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents. I. The Pseudomyinae. Hydromyinae and Uromys / Melomys groups. Chromosoma 61: 95 - 125." type="journal article" year="1977">Baverstock et al. 1977</bibRefCitation>
). Chromosome pair 1 of 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FBD4FAFAFBA4FA99" box="[1099,1121,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FBEEFAFAFB1AFA99" box="[1137,1247,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a large subacrocentric chromosome in contrast to pair 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB4FFA1AFB20FA79" box="[1232,1253,1409,1432]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB6CFA1AFA84FA79" box="[1267,1345,1409,1432]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">burtoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which is a large telocentric chromosome (
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).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF996E75FCECFA5AFB8DFA39" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[883,1096,1473,1496]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="142" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FCECFA5AFB8DFA39" box="[883,1096,1473,1496]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
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is split into 3 divergent genetic clades (northern, central, and southern—Bryant and Fuller 2014), and the phylogeography reflects multiple instances of allopatric divergence. One product of these successive divergence events is that northern and southern lineages have fixed differences across 10% of loci (
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). The northern clade is distributed between the Burdekin gap and Laura Basin in north 
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, and is closely related to 
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M. rubicola–M. 
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</emphasis>
clade in the northern regions, having diverged approximately 1.2–0.77 million years ago (
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; Bryant and Fuller 2014), possibly due to isolation across the Normanby gap in far north 
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(
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). Roughly, the northern lineage corresponds to populations north of Townsville in the Wet Tropics of far north 
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(
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). Although 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB64F8FAFA48F899" box="[1275,1421,1889,1912]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is phylogenetically close to 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF996E75FB81F81AFB59F879" box="[1054,1180,1921,1944]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="142">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is electrophoretically distant, demonstrating rapid protein evolution in comparison to 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FD32FF50FF4CFEE3" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FF5DFF70FEF0FEE3" box="[194,309,235,258]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. burtoni</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. Secondary contact has been documented between the northern and central lineages on the northern side of the Burdekin gap, where both occur in sympatry (Bryant and Fuller 2014). The central and southern lineages diverged across the Brisbane Valley Barrier (which continues to limit their distribution) approximately 0.94–0.49 million years ago (
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; 
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; Bryant and Fuller 2014). The central lineage ranges from the northern side of the Burdekin gap to the Brisbane Valley Barrier, below which the southern lineage occurs (
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; Bryant and Fuller 2014).
</paragraph>
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A currently undescribed taxon designated 
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occurs in sympatry with 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FE1AFDD0FDDCFD83" box="[389,537,587,610]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, having been recorded in the Tully region, Wooroonooran National Park (
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) and Mount Lewis in north 
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(
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). The species shares a most recent common ancestor with all Australian and New Guinean 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FEB2FD50FE49FD03" box="[301,396,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FE21FD50FDD3FD03" box="[446,534,715,738]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">Solomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although is morphologically indistinguishable from 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FE39FD70FDF0FCE3" box="[422,565,747,770]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and is not monophyletic with 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FF48FC90FEF3FCC3" box="[215,310,779,802]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from either 
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or New 
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(
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). 
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is highly genetically distinctive from members of the 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FE87FCD0FEB2FC83" box="[280,375,843,866]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genus (0.7–5% divergent with a 1-base pair indel in the AP5 intron) and is also divergent from sympatric 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FF0FFC10FEE4FC43" box="[144,289,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.3–3.7% divergent—Bryant et al. 2011). It is suggested that 
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diverged from the 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FDCCFC30FCDDFC23" box="[595,792,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">Melomys–Solomys</emphasis>
clade approximately 2.5 million years ago (
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). The presence of 7 fixed genetic substitutions and 2 fixed indels (in the nuclear loci) suggests reproductive isolation is occurring between 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FF53FBB0FE9EFBA3" box="[204,347,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FE11FBB0FDD1FBA3" box="[398,532,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">species nova</emphasis>
(
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).
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<subSubSection id="C8D26529FF986E74FED0FBE6FD97F939" pageId="9" pageNumber="143" type="conservation">
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FED0FBE6FDF3FB76" bold="true" box="[335,566,1149,1175]" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">CONSERVATION</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="807736A2FF986E74FF07FB5AFD97F939" blockId="9.[108,794,1217,1752]" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">
<taxonomicName id="47C84D21FF986E74FF07FB5AFEA8FB39" baseAuthorityName="Moore and Burnett" baseAuthorityYear="2008" box="[152,365,1217,1240]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="143" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cervinipes">
<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FF07FB5AFEA8FB39" box="[152,365,1217,1240]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">Melomys cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List (Burnett and Winter 2008) due to its wide distribution, apparent large population size, and lack of major threats (Burnett and Winter 2008). 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FE00FADAFDF5FAB9" box="[415,560,1345,1368]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
utilizes closed forest environments, or forest fragments greater than 1 ha in area (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF986E74FD72FAFAFF19FA79" author="COX, M. P. &amp; C. R. DICKMAN &amp; AND J." pageId="9" pageNumber="143" pagination="175 - 189" refId="ref12374" refString="COX, M. P., C. R. DICKMAN, AND J. HUNTER. 2003. Effects of rainforest fragmentation on non-flying mammals of the Eastern Dorrigo Plateau, Australia. Biological Conservation 115: 175 - 189." type="journal article" year="2003">Cox et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
), although it does occur in more open forests areas (S. Burnett, in litt.), disturbed forests and edges, often appearing at greater population densities in habitat fragments than unfragmented rainforest (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF986E74FF44FA7AFEB4FA19" author="LAURANCE, W. F." box="[219,369,1505,1528]" pageId="9" pageNumber="143" pagination="23 - 32" refId="ref14561" refString="LAURANCE, W. F. 1994. Rainforest fragmentation and the structure of small mammal communities in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 69: 23 - 32." type="journal article" year="1994">Laurance 1994</bibRefCitation>
). However, while 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FDB9FA7AFD6AFA19" box="[550,687,1505,1528]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is capable of using habitat corridors for movement and gene flow, resulting in little genetic variation between fragmented populations (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF986E74FD3EF9BAFF5AF9B9" author="LEUNG, L. K. - P. &amp; C. R. DICKMAN &amp; AND L. A." pageId="9" pageNumber="143" pagination="58 - 65" refId="ref14699" refString="LEUNG, L. K. - P., C. R. DICKMAN, AND L. A. MOORE. 1993. Genetic variation in fragmented populations of an Australian rainforest rodent, Melomys cervinipes. Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 58 - 65." type="journal article" year="1993">Leung et al. 1993</bibRefCitation>
), it is inhibited from travelling between fragments by humanformed barriers, such as cleared areas, roads, and power line corridors (
<bibRefCitation id="E4594B53FF986E74FF37F91AFEA6F979" author="BARNETT, J. L. &amp; R. A. HOW &amp; AND W. F." box="[168,355,1665,1688]" pageId="9" pageNumber="143" pagination="277 - 285" refId="ref10876" refString="BARNETT, J. L., R. A. HOW, AND W. F. HUMPHREYS. 1978. The use of habitat components by small mammals in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 3: 277 - 285." type="journal article" year="1978">Barnett et al. 1978</bibRefCitation>
; Goosem and Marsh 1997). Consequently, consideration on remaining patch size and connectivity is advisable when clearing forest inhabited by 
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<emphasis id="B2BCEAB0FF986E74FE5DF95AFD8EF939" box="[450,587,1729,1752]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="143">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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