Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Abeomelomys sevia
Abeomelomys sevia: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Abeomelomys sevia: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Pogonomelomys sevia
Comment:
Comments: Originally described as a species of Melomys (Tate and Archbold, 1935) and subsequently transferred to Pogonomelomys (Rümmler, 1938) where it remained (Laurie and Hill, 1954; Tate, 1951) until sevia was made the type species of Abeomelomys (Menzies, 1990). Morphology of sevia has always been considered distinctive compared to mayeri and bruijnii, the two species of Pogonomelomys (Flannery, 1990b; Tate, 1951), but whether it should be separated from that genus remains a question because the ...