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--> GENUS Melomys
SPECIES Melomys rubicola
Author: | Thomas, 1924. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 13: 298. | Common Name: | Bramble Cay Melomys | Type Locality: | Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, Bramble Cay, about 9ES, 144EE; see Mahoney and Richardson (1988:163). | Distribution: | Australia; endemic to Bramble Cay at the extreme N end of the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland (Limpus et al., 1983). | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Studies of blood proteins and morphology suggested M. rubicola was closely related to M. capensis, which is endemic to Cape York in N Queensland (Limpus et al., 1983). Structure of sperm head described by Breed (1984). Reviewed by Watts (1995g). |
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