Melomys lutillus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Papua Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat

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

Thomas, O. 1913-08-01. Some new species of Uromys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12(68):212-217.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099703

Original name as described

Uromys lutillus

Other common names

Papua Grassland Melomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.28.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f5a8c5d6-0e03-4549-9317-7ce82a724539

Type locality

"Owgarra, Angabunga R[iver]., S.E. British New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003219

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Uromys lutillus

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Muridae

Root name

lutillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.28.20

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Owgarra, Angabunga R., S.E. British New Guinea

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Central Province.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f5a8c5d6-0e03-4549-9317-7ce82a724539

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099703

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Melomys lutillus:

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

lutillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301054

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1922:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)
Tate (1951:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
Laurie & Hill (1954:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Menzies (1996:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4006)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136764/115212323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Melomys lutillus hintoni

H. Rümmler, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

hintoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1927.4.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sentani-See

Type locality

Indonesia: Western New Guinea: Papua.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cee290cd-d6d0-48ae-ba5f-15e3759890d6

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45367522

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Tate (1951:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
Laurie & Hill (1954:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Melomys lutillus lutillus:

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

lutillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
Laurie & Hill (1954:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Menzies (1996:398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4006)

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