Melomys fulgens
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Melomys fulgens (Thomas 1920)
[Uromys] fulgens Thomas 1920, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 6: 426.
Type Locality: Indonesia, S Pulau Seram, Teluk Taluti (=Teloeti Bay).
Vernacular Names: Seram Long-tailed Melomys.
Distribution: Recorded only from the southern coast of Seram Isl.
Discussion: Still known only by the holotype and one other specimen (in BMNH; Helgen, 2003 b). Originally described as a Uromys, arranged as a subspecies of M. leucogaster by Rümmler (1938) and Ellerman (1941), placed in synonymy of that species by Musser and Carleton (1993), but treated as a distinct species by Tate (1951), Laurie and Hill (1954), Flannery (1995 b), and Menzies (1996). Although superficially very similar in its morphology to M. leucogaster, it has a much longer tail relative to length of head and body that is scaleless and calloused near the tip, indicating dorsal prehensility, an adaptation absent in the shorter-tailed M. leucogaster. Reviewed by Flannery (1995 b) and Helgen (2003 b).
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/C1C7B040B2C9F7B062D34C023B565702 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231540195 (URL)
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References
- Helgen, K. M. 2003 b. A review of the rodent fauna of Seram, Moluccas, with the description of a new subspecies of mosaic-tailed rat, Melomys rufescens paveli. Journal of Zoology, London, 261: 165 - 172.
- Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.
- Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp.
- 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.
- Laurie, E. M. O., and J. E. Hill. 1954. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758 - 1952. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 175 pp.
- Menzies, J. I. 1996. A systematic revision of Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology, 44: 367 - 426.