Melomys capensis Tate 1951
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Melomys capensis Tate 1951
Melomys capensis Tate 1951, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 97: 295.
Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub (east of Coen), 1500 ft (457 m).
Vernacular Names: Cape York Melomys.
Distribution: Australia, Queensland, Iron and McIlwraith Ranges of Cape York (north of Cooktown).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Originally described as a subspecies of M. cervinipes by Tate (1951:295), but separated as a distinct species by Baverstock et al. (1980) based on differences in blood proteins; otherwise, M. capensis and M. cervinipes are similar in morphological traits and body size (Watts and Aslin, 1981:82). Other allozymic results presented by Baverstock et al. (1981). Reviewed by Leung (1995), who also presented the first detailed ecological study of the species (Leung, 1999 a).
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
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- Tate, G. H. H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 97: 183 - 430.
- 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.
- Watts, C. H. S., and H. J. Aslin. 1981. The rodents of Australia. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 321 pp.
- Baverstock, P. R., C. H. S. Watts, M. Adams, and S. R. Cole. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 29: 289 - 303.
- Leung, L. K. - P. 1995. Cape York Melomys, Melomys capensis. Pp. 634 - 635, in Mammals of Australia (R. Strahan, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 756 pp.
- Leung, L. K. - P. 1999 a. Ecology of Australian tropical rainforest mammals. II. The Cape York melomys, Melomys capensis (Muridae: Rodentia). Wildlife Research, 26: 307 - 316.