Melomys capensis Tate, 1951

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 504-560 : 528

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Melomys capensis Tate, 1951 View in CoL . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 97:295.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub (E. of Coen), 1500 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Mcllwraith Ranges of N.E. Queensland ( Australia).

COMMENT: Formerly included in cervinipes by Tate, 1951, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 97:295; considered a distinct species by Baverstock et al., 1980, Aust. J. Zool., 28:569, based on blood protein differences. Probably includes banfieldi and limicauda (CHSW).