Melomys matambuai

Flannery, D. Colgan, & Trimble, 1994

Manus Island 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

Flannery, T.F., Colgan, D. and Trimble, J. 1994. A new species of Melomys from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, with notes on the systematics of the _M. rufescens_ complex (Muridae: Rodentia). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 114:29-43.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34926185

Original name as described

Melomys matambuai

Other common names

Manus Island Melomys

Type material

AM M.19639

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003220

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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 matambuai

Flannery, D. Colgan, & Trimble, 1994

Family

Muridae

Root name

matambuai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.19639

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34926185

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136522/22421603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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