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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Paramelomys
SPECIES Paramelomys rubex
| Author: | Thomas, 1922. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9: 263. | | Common Name: | Mountain Paramelomys | | Type Locality: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Mamberano River, Doormanpad-bivak, 1410 m. | | Distribution: | New Guinea; montane forests in the Central Cordillera from the Arfak Mtns on the Vogelkop of W Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to Mt Dayman at the end of the Owen Stanley Range in E Papua New Guinea; also in the N coastal Torricelli Mtns and Huon Peninsula; altitudinal range, 900-3000 m (specimens we examined; Menzies, 1996; see map in Flannery, 1995a). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Melomys rubex. | | Comments: | The many names applied to P. rubex reflect morphological variation among samples that is concordant with interrupted highland distributions (Menzies, 1996, and our study of specimens in various museums). Menzies (1996) revised the species and earlier (Menzies, 1974) commented on the status of some names associated with P. rubex. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
alleni (Rümmler, 1935)
arfakiensis (Rümmler, 1935)
clarus (Rümmler, 1935)
pohlei (Rümmler, 1935)
rutilus (Rümmler, 1935)
shawi (Tate and Archbold, 1935)
stresemanni (Rümmler, 1935)
tafa (Tate and Archbold, 1935)
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