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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Melomys
SPECIES Melomys capensis
| Author: | Tate, 1951. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 97: 295. | | Common Name: | Cape York Melomys | | Type Locality: | Australia, Queensland, Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub (east of Coen), 1500 ft (457 m). | | Distribution: | Australia, Queensland, Iron and McIlwraith Ranges of Cape York (north of Cooktown). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | 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, 1999a). |
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