Melomys bougainville Troughton 1936

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 : 1375

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scientific name	Melomys bougainville Troughton 1936
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Treatment

Melomys bougainville Troughton 1936 , Rec. Aust. Mus ., 19: 344.

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Bougainville Isl, Buin.

Vernacular Names: Bougainville Island Melomys.

Distribution: Recorded only from islands of Buka, Bougainville, and Choiseul in northern Solomon Arch. ( Flannery and Wickler, 1990; Flannery, 1995 b).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Although historically treated as a subspecies of M. rufescens , M. bougainville is a separate species known by small samples of extant and archaeological specimens ( Flannery and Wickler, 1990). Most closely related to M. rufescens , M. matambuai , and M. paveli ( Helgen, 2003 b; Menzies, 1996).