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Melomys cooperae Kitchener, in Kitchener and Maryanto 1995
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Melomys cooperae Kitchener, in Kitchener and Maryanto 1995
Melomys cooperae Kitchener, in Kitchener and Maryanto 1995, Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 17: 43.
Type Locality: Indonesia, Maluku Tenggara, Tanimbar Isl Group, Yamdena Isl, 1 km S Kebun Lorulun, c. 20 km N Saumlaki, 200 m.
Vernacular Names: Yamdena Island Melomys.
Distribution: Recorded only from Yamdena Isl in the Tanimbar Group of islands.
Discussion: A member of what Menzies (1996) called the Melomys rufescens Group. Kitchener and Maryanto (1995 a) compared this species with M. leucogaster, M. rubicola, M. arcium, M. fulgens, M. talaudium, M. caurinus, and M. rufescens.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1377, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/238B083E2FF359468DA29108B41B5CB0 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231540201 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kitchener, in Kitchener and Maryanto
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Melomys
- Species
- cooperae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Melomys cooperae Kitchener, 1995 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Menzies, J. I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology, 44: 367 - 426.
- Kitchener, D. J., and I. Maryanto. 1995 a. A new species of Melomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from Yamdena Island, Tanimbar group, eastern Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum, 17: 43 - 50.