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<emphasis id="E5A6BBC29B6EC9A77CAE5E5CC18539C1" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Abeomelomys sevia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="CACA861C9A5B67678C254C0645DFBE61" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">[Melomys] sevia</emphasis>
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,
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Am.
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.
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<emphasis id="14D7166A65F25ABA676A5908E5E828C5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1252">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="32F083E817A0B20310696027AB261615" name="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
,
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, Huon Peninsula, Cromwell Range, Sevia,
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.
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<emphasis id="0FBBC261EBA58864FA094F34B53E0237" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1252">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="541AB2F4AAD3C77A2987F01D30840EFB" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1252">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1EF4CD28A1B3A221DB68D492D1FB89D6" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Abeomelomys tatei</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B84B66B04405AD63E6D0E215E49464B3" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1252">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="A916DC492D1774ECB7703390D6A1E0AE" name="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
; disjunct montane populations in Central Cordillera of
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from Star Mtns (Telefomin area) in the west to Wau region of
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in the east, and isolated population in the Cromwell Range on Huon Peninsula;
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(Flannery, 1995
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;
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).
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<paragraph id="697787BCEDAAD7497F7D37CEDF83E018" pageNumber="1252">
<emphasis id="ED43F3D2B7D20A3271B726E3586FFD35" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1252">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="039A61D8BBDD78CAB376F654330B3F8C">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc) as
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<emphasis id="D4153BA467413D678994174AC7284EE4" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Pogonomelomys sevia</emphasis>
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.
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<subSubSection id="11263E456495952906E1C0C1A9218594" pageNumber="1252" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="8C595FBD5EFAA9432E1BDC88893340DD" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1252">Discussion:</emphasis>
Originally described as a species of
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<emphasis id="3DC94E75524340A4A4F7EAE03EFD777E" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Melomys</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="37FBD44A5C458F9B1376E00A4ACD3635" author="Tate, G. H. H. &amp; R. Archbold" refId="ref347817" refString="Tate, G. H. H., and R. Archbold. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 3. Twelve apparently new forms of Muridae other than Rattus from the Indo-Australian region. American Museum Novitates, 803: 1 - 9." year="1935">Tate and Archbold, 1935</bibRefCitation>
)
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and subsequently transferred to
<taxonomicName id="54AC0FE7588E8143E8BA86C4B32E6397" authorityName="Rümmler" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9B31060AA374A585D11A5454B37C46F9" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Pogonomelomys</emphasis>
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(Rümmler, 1938) where it remained (
<bibRefCitation id="E0AC727E30CCF7E412583CEF717DA7DB" 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</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="A0E51B2F48AE38A6DD03800BF4855AC2" 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>
) until
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<emphasis id="89E7C637FF66DB9193BDEC7CADEDA3BC" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">sevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was made the type species of
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<emphasis id="DCEF8B1A104ECA12A16A68E2F90D0172" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Abeomelomys</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. Morphology of
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<emphasis id="90E1734C9B0E0D78D7D0DFED9BA0CBF0" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">sevia</emphasis>
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has always been considered distinctive compared to
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<emphasis id="238B2B928959D89DD05940DD9121099A" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">mayeri</emphasis>
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and
<emphasis id="B86AF0C634FCDF811FB77602FB3CC29B" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">bruijnii</emphasis>
, the two species of
<taxonomicName id="3879975B3A060F3635D05BA75614C686" authorityName="Rümmler" authorityYear="1936" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomelomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0B4363EAB30B027DC6D601D392BA1981" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Pogonomelomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="039AE3D84D46D285D13AD4F0C19EB579" author="Flannery, T. F." refId="ref103155" refString="Flannery, T. F. 1990 b. Mammals of New Guinea. Robert Brown and Associates, 439 pp." year="1990">
Flannery, 1990
<emphasis id="4A7A3F8C4FB59623B5E3AE9D74EC3B1E" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="F6BB871F422B248443467BB67408207C" 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>
), but whether it should be separated from that genus remains a question because the traits used by Menzies to diagnose
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<emphasis id="D2EBF8EAE5F9B146E66357DF48DF6CC6" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Abeomelomys</emphasis>
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simply duplicated the diagnostic morphological characters of
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<emphasis id="6F647A764092DFE97D7FEB981DC88949" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">sevia</emphasis>
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and did not identify
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<emphasis id="2E0670AE3BBBF7029C03810E527E2E35" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Abeomelomys</emphasis>
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as a separate monophyletic group in any phylogenetic sense. Furthermore,
<bibRefCitation id="67E5922C35C47AF975462A03F7B72F29" 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 (1990:134)</bibRefCitation>
distinguished
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<emphasis id="162C156AF1B68A57FDBDC9E24BF1B44B" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">A. sevia</emphasis>
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from the two species of
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<emphasis id="099E0111D62DB2F24E2C3170BEF3CF3A" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Pogonomelomys</emphasis>
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by only its &quot;grey-based ventral fur and the relatively long incisive foramina.&quot; Subsequently,
<bibRefCitation id="5D1C9DF579164ACFDE3B0821705D837E" author="Menzies, J. I." refId="ref237943" refString="Menzies, J. I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology, 44: 367 - 426." year="1996">Menzies (1996)</bibRefCitation>
also cited Breed and Aplins (1994) description of spermatozoal morphology of
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<emphasis id="E4294C5D46DE69D424B1B5CBD7C459F0" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">sevia</emphasis>
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as corroborating evidence for its generic status, but Breed and Aplin did not have comparative samples of
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<emphasis id="7CE83891C21BB7F3EEBFE4E0982F6630" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">Pogonomelomys</emphasis>
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, and primitive features characterize spermatozoal morphology of
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<emphasis id="84DFA758A62261B5AAA66F865B361F32" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">sevia</emphasis>
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.
<bibRefCitation id="A3215BA5E97A5A18623B4CBFAADCC7AC" 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>
did not recognize
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<emphasis id="5E9FE6A8164D81653A0573848B8A7077" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">tatei</emphasis>
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because in his opinion it was indistinguishable from
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<emphasis id="F327B8646593B9563EFEF4E14059AB20" italics="true" pageNumber="1252">sevia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but no data was presented to support this synonymy.
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