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<emphasis id="9B8FC3DAA658A92E82718F0029F9B33E" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4B6C2FE4F4FBE76411F1E6608B0A595D" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys</emphasis>
Thomas 1922
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="302B811E55CCCACCD5C9C541CF7B2122" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1498">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F693BDD49DADA1BE83272400F6A7822D" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Uromys sapientis</emphasis>
Thomas 1902
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<emphasis id="BB951B534E36BDBA12B233A3F9FDCD8E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1498">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="630EF6F691D8F248A03641A756A6721E" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Unicomys</emphasis>
Troughton 1935
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.
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<emphasis id="00277D738DAFA653D185356C8223570E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1498">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
5 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="1FBF718A417CC8F252FB8620AB28A9E3" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys ponceleti</emphasis>
Troughton 1935
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Species
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<emphasis id="355AF25B2B0F2207411ED79AE588C4A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys salamonis</emphasis>
(Ramsay 1883)
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Species
<taxonomicName id="66A9FF3002143F591C05AE404A7AA315" authority="Troughton 1936" authorityName="Troughton" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Solomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1498" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="salebrosus">
<emphasis id="128ED5DA864066D862F2701B988E6558" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys salebrosus</emphasis>
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Species
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<emphasis id="68410A6DDC30F7A5EC9EEC0F1F1C105F" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys sapientis</emphasis>
(Thomas 1902)
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Species
<taxonomicName id="49BC85661D4E9A4156F5A0D9BF46574E" authority="Flannery and Wickler 1990" authorityName="Flannery and Wickler" authorityYear="1990" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Solomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1498" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spriggsarum">
<emphasis id="413CDADB23D4443FF229D70424FCEF07" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys spriggsarum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0B739FEB8B0CCBF992EEF7BC0B13A21F" author="Flannery, T. F. &amp; S. Wickler" refId="ref103915" refString="Flannery, T. F., and S. Wickler. 1990. Quaternary murids (Rodentia: Muridae) from Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species. Australian Mammalogy, 13: 127 - 139." year="1990">Flannery and Wickler 1990</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="38DBE6FE130825AAF36812E75DF19985" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1498">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="55184AD5CB6F7401C5D6FFF92CBAB3BD" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Uromys</emphasis>
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Division. Member of the New
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region Old Endemics (
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Musser, 1981
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). Included in
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<emphasis id="79EA139EB3EE97B00CFD3E6899E38770" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Melomys</emphasis>
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by
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, then transferred to
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<emphasis id="1636F87A9A28C25222F0BAFB8ACAF4AA" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Uromys</emphasis>
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by
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, but finally recognized again as a distinct genus (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="0F7DE873C21FC171FE644672785B7178" author="Laurie, E. M. O. &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref205065" refString="Laurie, E. M. O., and J. E. Hill. 1954. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758 - 1952. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 175 pp." year="1954">Laurie and Hill, 1954:128</bibRefCitation>
). Traditionally allied with
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<emphasis id="6192DF6BF218E544C2BB4FA94BE7CE34" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Uromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B8AA7B33D556405E5C788A4B92EF65E2" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="38A286F6D98FF1E94D8DFE6A7823B816" author="Menzies, J. I." refId="ref237910" refString="Menzies, J. I. 1990. A systematic revision of Pogonomelomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Science in New Guinea, 16: 118 - 137." year="1990">Menzies, 1990</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="2E13CD45042162E2700C709322743B52" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243286" refString="Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae: Evolutionary trends. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Serie IN- 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 172: 1 - 219." year="1969">Misonne, 1969</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="25D4708D38448133A8877C1B8B9C75A9" author="Simpson, G. G." refId="ref328909" refString="Simpson, G. G. 1961. Principles of Animal Taxonomy. Columbia University, New York, 246 pp." year="1961">Simpson, 1961</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A00661C2B1B99B848E0E3605F3889BFD" author="Tate, G. H. H." refId="ref347722" 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: 183 - 430." year="1951">Tate, 1951</bibRefCitation>
), and analysis of albumin immunology linked
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<emphasis id="D96F7196950CF3B3EC76E2A5BAB81592" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys</emphasis>
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&quot;closely with a group of
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<emphasis id="101021FF3E18EE39E157819AF55FD13F" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Melomys</emphasis>
species
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represented by
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<emphasis id="37B5CA41523B6251E43DDE21160C16F2" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">M. cervinipes</emphasis>
&quot; (
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Watts and Baverstock, 1994
<emphasis id="AEB4A6985D28DA72C9CC35C8E577805E" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">a</emphasis>
:301
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)
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. Sperm head morphology, however, is unusual among murines and unlike that characteristic of species in
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<emphasis id="FDF265514699556656DA15D6924C1B55" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Uromys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="5B9629D284D186DD30140149F50C7757" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Melomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
<bibRefCitation id="DBF85C3DA913A1EC4A879320FE8123BC" author="Breed, W. G. &amp; K. P. Aplin" refId="ref41446" refString="Breed, W. G., and K. P. Aplin. 1994. Sperm morphology of murid rodents from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands: Phylogenetic implications. Australian Journal of Science, 43: 17 - 30." year="1994">Breed and Aplin, 1994</bibRefCitation>
). Membership of
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<emphasis id="615665D69D29764E3FFABF460D2207EA" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys</emphasis>
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in the
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<emphasis id="46F4031FB28A3B591AEE04B953291491" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Uromys</emphasis>
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cluster should be tested by phylogenetic analyses of morphological and molecular data.
</paragraph>
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Species of
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<emphasis id="B217BC065F84E7B84B9E9E9383FF9CF9" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys</emphasis>
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are arboreal and endemic to the Solomon Isls. There are no specimens, either living or fossil, from Malaita and
<collectingCountry id="F7051C64963AD85247F11640BB0FD813" name="Saint Kitts and Nevis">San Cristobal</collectingCountry>
Isls in the S Solomons, but stories told by local people to Flannery suggest that
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<emphasis id="D87B4B11D86CC25351A20913CC794C65" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">Solomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
once also occurred on both (Flannery, 1995
<emphasis id="63601C94C10F81B0D8768F2522EC717F" italics="true" pageNumber="1498">b</emphasis>
). This is also probably the large rat discussed by Kwaioloa and Burt (2001)
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.
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