Melomys dollmani

H. Rümmler, 1935

Dollman's Mosaic-tailed Rat

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

Rümmler, H. 1935. Neue Muriden aus Neuguinea. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 10:105-118.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45367522

Original name as described

Melomys rufescens dollmani

Other common names

Dollman's Melomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1935.12.20.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/920f9688-26c4-40ec-8bfc-32832ef7bc5d

Type locality

Kratke Mounatins, 1200–1500 m, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003213

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Melomys rufescens dollmani

H. Rümmler, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

dollmani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.12.20.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/920f9688-26c4-40ec-8bfc-32832ef7bc5d

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45367522

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Tate (1951:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Melomys dollmani

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

dollmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136818/22421708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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