Melomys capensis Tate, 1951

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 615

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284355
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AE-FF84-FFC8-FF1F-02A9FB1AFE9D
treatment provided by	GgServerImporter
scientific name	Melomys capensis Tate, 1951
status

Treatment

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: Australia, Queensland, Iron and Mcllwraith Ranges of Cape York (north of Cooktown).

COMMENTS: Originally described as a subspecies of M. cervinipes by Tate (1951:295), but separated as a distinct species by Baverstock et al. (1980), who based their conclusions on differences in blood proteins; otherwise, the two species are similar in morphological traits and body size ( Watts and Aslin, 1981:82). Other electrophoretic results presented by Baverstock et al. (1981).