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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098" ID-ISBN="1-56098-217-9" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7353098" approvalRequired="3" approvalRequired_for_document="2" approvalRequired_for_originalDoi="1" checkinTime="1667534070963" checkinUser="GgServerImporter" docAuthor="Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton" docDate="1993" docId="03D087AEFF82FFCFFF000F1CFD47F946" docLanguage="en" docName="MammalSpeciesofTheWorld.1993.Muridae.501-755.pdf.imd" docOrigin="Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press" docTitle="Melomys levipes" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="617" masterDocId="FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3" masterDocTitle="Order Rodentia - Family Muridae" masterLastPageNumber="755" masterPageNumber="501" pageNumber="617" updateTime="1669256938330" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Order Rodentia - Family Muridae</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Guy G. Musser</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Michael D. Carleton</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:dateIssued>1993</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Smithsonian Institution Press</mods:publisher>
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<mods:placeTerm>Washington and London</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Don E. Wilson</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Editor</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>DeeAnn M. Reeder</mods:namePart>
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<mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:title>Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)</mods:title>
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<mods:start>501</mods:start>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISBN">1-56098-217-9</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284371" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7284371" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D087AEFF82FFCFFF000F1CFD47F946" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF82FFCFFF000F1CFD47F946" lastPageNumber="617" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<paragraph blockId="116.[243,1860,1050,1717]" box="[243,1535,1050,1089]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<treatmentCitation author="Thomas" authority="(Thomas, 1897)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[243,1526,1050,1089]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" journal="Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="617" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes" title="Melomys levipes" volume="18" year="1897">
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<taxonomicName authority="(Thomas, 1897)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[243,793,1050,1089]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes">
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<emphasis box="[243,511,1050,1089]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">Melomys levipes</emphasis>
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(Thomas, 1897)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibCitation author="Thomas" box="[812,1526,1050,1089]" journal="Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" pagination="617" title="Melomys levipes" volume="18" year="1897">
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Ann. Mus.
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<collectingRegion box="[1002,1066,1050,1089]" country="Ukraine" name="Kyiv" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">Civ</collectingRegion>
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. Stor. Nat. Genova, 18:617
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</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="116" pageNumber="617" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="116.[243,1860,1050,1717]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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TYPE LOCALITY:
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<materialsCitation country="Guinea-Bissau" elevation="700.0" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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New
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<collectingCountry box="[623,751,1093,1131]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, Papua, Central Prov., Sogeri Plateau, Haveri,
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<quantity box="[1564,1666,1093,1131]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" unit="m" value="700.0">
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<elevation box="[1564,1666,1093,1131]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">700 m</elevation>
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</quantity>
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(additional information provided by
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<bibRefCitation author="Laurie, E. M. O. & J. E. Hill" box="[1012,1452,1134,1172]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" 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, 1954:121</bibRefCitation>
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, and
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<bibRefCitation author="Menzies, J. I." box="[1547,1798,1134,1172]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" refId="ref237870" refString="Menzies, J. I. 1989. Designation of a lectotype for Melomys levipes (Thomas, 1897) (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Science in New Guinea, 15: 108 - 110." year="1989">Menzies, 1989</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="116" pageNumber="617" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="116.[243,1860,1050,1717]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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DISTRIBUTION:
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<collectingCountry box="[510,847,1176,1214]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
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, S Central Prov.; Sogeri Plateau and Atrolabe Range near
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<collectingRegion box="[371,602,1218,1256]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="National Capital" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">Port Moresby</collectingRegion>
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, below about
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; limits unknown.
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<subSubSection pageId="116" pageNumber="617" type="discussion">
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COMMENTS: A
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<typeStatus box="[511,669,1259,1298]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">lectotype</typeStatus>
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was designated by
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<bibRefCitation author="Menzies, J. I." box="[1013,1276,1259,1298]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" refId="ref237870" refString="Menzies, J. I. 1989. Designation of a lectotype for Melomys levipes (Thomas, 1897) (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Science in New Guinea, 15: 108 - 110." year="1989">Menzies (1989)</bibRefCitation>
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, but
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<bibRefCitation author="Rummler, H." box="[1364,1640,1259,1298]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" refId="ref312409" refString="Rummler, H. 1938. Die Systematik und Verbreitung der Muriden Neuguineas. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum in Berlin, 23: 1 - 297." year="1938">Rümmler (1938)</bibRefCitation>
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had already indicated which of Thomas' two cotypes should be considered the
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<typeStatus box="[1526,1680,1302,1340]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">holotype</typeStatus>
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. Our examination of series indicated that true
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[1084,1191,1343,1382]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes">
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<emphasis box="[1084,1191,1343,1382]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">levipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is documented by the
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<typeStatus box="[1588,1739,1343,1382]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">holotype</typeStatus>
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and
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<bibRefCitation author="Tate, G. H. H." box="[369,657,1384,1423]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" 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's (1951:291)</bibRefCitation>
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series from Baruari and Itiki in the Astrolabe Range (other material Tate lists as
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[581,749,1426,1466]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes">
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<emphasis box="[581,749,1426,1466]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">M. levipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is either
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[913,1105,1426,1466]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyops">
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<emphasis box="[913,1105,1426,1466]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">M. platyops</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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or
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<emphasis box="[1166,1344,1426,1466]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1913" box="[1166,1327,1426,1466]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mollis">M. mollis</taxonomicName>
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).
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</emphasis>
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All the other records usually associated with
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[650,815,1470,1508]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes">
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<emphasis box="[650,815,1470,1508]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">M. levipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Laurie, E. M. O. & J. E. Hill" box="[844,1213,1470,1508]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" 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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Tate, G. H. H." box="[1232,1402,1470,1508]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" 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>
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) represent
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<emphasis box="[1605,1793,1470,1508]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[1605,1787,1470,1508]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lanosus">M. lanosus</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lorentzii">M. lorentzii</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[529,694,1511,1549]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1913" box="[529,688,1511,1549]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mollis">M. mollis</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[783,991,1511,1549]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1922" box="[783,986,1511,1549]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rattoides">M. rattoides</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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In morphology and altitudinal distribution,
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">M. levipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is very similar to
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[798,991,1552,1592]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lorentzii">
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<emphasis box="[798,991,1552,1592]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">M. lorentzii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and may represent the SE Papuan form of that species, an alliance also discerned by
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<bibRefCitation author="Thomas, O." box="[1028,1304,1595,1634]" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" refId="ref353843" refString="Thomas, O. 1913 b. On new mammals obtained by the Utakwa Expedition to Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 12: 205 - 212." year="1913">Thomas (1913b)</bibRefCitation>
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. A specimen from
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<collectingRegion box="[1629,1840,1595,1634]" country="Papua New Guinea" name="West New Britain" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">New Britain</collectingRegion>
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in the American Museum of Natural History (194397) is cranially and dentally similar to
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<emphasis box="[546,724,1680,1717]" italics="true" pageId="116" pageNumber="617">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[546,713,1680,1717]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Melomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="116" pageNumber="617" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levipes">M. levipes</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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