Melomys cervinipes

(J. Gould, 1852)

Fawn-footed Mosaic-tailed Rat

Side view. Also as Fawn-footed Melomys.
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Location:Australia, QLD, PalumaDate taken:Jan 1, 1975Description : Side view. Also as Fawn-footed Melomys.

Distribution :

Australia; extant range is closed forest and more open habitat along the E Australian coast from Cooktown region of Cape York in Queensland south to Gosford area of New South Wales. Late Pleistocene specimens indicate distribution once extended farther south to the Pyramids Cave region in Victoria.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 566

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Melomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gould, J. 1852. [Part iv]. Pl. I-2, I-41, I-42, I-43, I-45, II-12, II-13, II-18, II-19, II-20, II-21, II-61, II-62, III-14, III-43 in Gould, J. 1845-1863. Mammals of Australia. In three volumes. John Gould, London.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49705952

Original name as described

Mus cervinipes

Other common names

Fawn-footed Melomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1852.12.15.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/47a0370b-2296-4e8b-949b-0ff84c244d5d

Type locality

Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003211

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Mus cervinipes

(J. Gould, 1852)

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervinipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.12.15.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/47a0370b-2296-4e8b-949b-0ff84c244d5d

Authority page

pl. III-14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49705952

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Rattus cervinipes

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervinipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476754

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Uromys cervinipes

(J. D. Ogilby, 1892)

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervinipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938624

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1892:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
  2. Trouessart (1897:503, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Trouessart (1904:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Uromys banfieldi

(De Vis, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

banfieldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.3133, QM J22169

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48070499

Authority publication

Annals of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Melomys cervinipes

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervinipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301054

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)
  2. Tate (1951:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Musser & Carleton (1993:616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Jackson & Groves (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13118/22420694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Melomys cervinipes eboreus

O. Thomas, 1924

Family

Muridae

Root name

eboreus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.18.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/781092bc-94c3-4a5a-8ad8-af9c6b7e6889

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Melomys cervinipes pallidus

Troughton & Le Souef, 1929

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4379

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710628

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Melomys limicauda

Troughton, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

limicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.5928

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

255

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Melomys cervinipes banfieldi

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

banfieldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Melomys cervinipes bunya

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

bunya

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-162618

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-162618

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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