Melomys leucogaster

(Jentink, 1909)

White-bellied 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

Jentink, F.A. 1909. Mammals collected by the Dutch New Guinea Expedition 1907. Nova Guinea 9:1-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40377563

Original name as described

Pogonomys leucogaster

Other common names

White-bellied Melomys

Type material

RMNH.MAM.25493.a, RMNH.MAM.25493.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25493.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25493.b

Type locality

Alkmaar, 300 m, Lorentz River, southern Province of Papua, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003218

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 latipes

Tate & Archbold, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

latipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-104273

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-104273

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pogonomys leucogaster

(Jentink, 1909)

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.25493.a, RMNH.MAM.25493.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25493.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.25493.b

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40377563

Authority publication

Nova Guinea

Melomys leucogaster

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Tate (1951:306) (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. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13123/22421348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Melomys leucogaster latipes

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

latipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Melomys leucogaster leucogaster

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

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