Melomys howi Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto 1996

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1378

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11334977

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Melomys howi Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto 1996
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Melomys howi Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto 1996 View in CoL

Melomys howi Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto 1996 View in CoL , Rec. West. Aust. Mus ., 18: 113.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Maluka Tenggara, Tanimbar Isls, Pulau Riama, sea level (see Kitchener and Suyanto, 1996, for additional information).

Vernacular Names: Riama Island Melomys.

Distribution: Known only from Riama, a small island off the west coast of the larger Pulau Selaru in the Tanimbar Isls.

Discussion: In its morphology and body size, M. howi is closely related to the New Guinea M. lutillus ; its description recalls those in samples from Woodlark, Misima, and Sudest islands east of the Papua New Guinea mainland, which resemble mainland M. lutillus but are larger in body size. Those samples, the specimens from Riama Isl, and series of M. lutillus from mainland New Guinea need to be reanalyzed to determine how many species are actually present in the complex and their relationship to one another. Melomys howi is not closely related to M. cooperae from the large Pulau Yamdena in the Tanimbar Isls; that distinct species is a member of the New Guinea M. rufescens-M. leucogaster complex. Kitchener and Suyanto (1996) provided habitat and other information about M. howi .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Melomys

Loc

Melomys howi Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto 1996

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Melomys howi

Kitchener, in Kitchener and Suyanto 1996: 113
1996
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