Melomys capensis

Tate, 1951

Cape York Mosaic-tailed Rat

Also as Cape York Melomys.
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Location:Australia, QLD, Iron Range National ParkDate taken:13 August 2019Description:Also as Cape York Melomys.

Distribution :

Australia, Queensland, Iron and McIlwraith Ranges of Cape York (north of Cooktown).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5713

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Melomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. 1951-10-30. 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.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1060

Original name as described

Melomys cervinipes capensis

Other common names

Cape York Melomys

Type material

AMNH M-154198

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-154198

Type locality

"upper Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub (east of Coen) [Queensland, Australia], 1500 feet [= 457 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003209

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Melomys cervinipes capensis

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-154198

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

upper Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub (east of Coen), 1500 feet

Type locality

Australia: Queensland.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-154198

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
Jackson & Groves (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Melomys capensis:

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

528

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Jackson & Groves (2015:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13117/22420633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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