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Melomys spechti Flannery and Wickler 1990
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Melomys spechti Flannery and Wickler 1990
Melomys spechti Flannery and Wickler 1990, Aust. Mammal., 13: 130.
Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Buka Isl, Kilu Rockshelter.
Vernacular Names: Buka Island Melomys.
Distribution: Recorded only from Buka Isl.
Discussion: A distinctive species known only by archaeological fragments (Flannery and Wickler, 1990).
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 1380, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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Related works
- 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/7BF72EB73CD8245EA37E2EC93CB1C094 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231540198 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Flannery and Wickler
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Melomys
- Species
- spechti
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Melomys spechti and, 1990 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Flannery, T. F., and S. Wickler. 1990. Quaternary murids (Rodentia: Muridae) from Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species. Australian Mammalogy, 13: 127 - 139.