Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852)

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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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353037

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7211069

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scientific name

Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852)
status

 

Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) View in CoL . Mamm. Aust., Part 4, 3:pl. 14.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Stradbroke Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: C. Queensland and N. New South Wales ( Australia).

COMMENT: Populations north of Cooktown (Queensland) considered in a different species ( capensis ) by Baverstock et al., 1980, Aust. J. Zool., 28:553-574.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011038003001.

Baverstock, P. R., C. H. S. Watts, M. Adams, and M. Gelder. 1980. Chromosomal and electrophoretic studies of Australian Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 28: 553 - 574.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Melomys