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:
Mammelomys lanosus
Mammelomys lanosus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mammelomys lanosus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Once treated as a subspecies of Paramelomys levipes, lanosus is a separate species (Flannery, 1990b; Menzies, 1996). It is unrelated to P. levipes, but instead is phylogenetically allied with Mammelomys rattoides, a larger-bodied species that displaces it in lower altitudes. This close association was also reflected in Menzies' (1990) similarity coefficient analysis and his later systematic revision (Menzies, 1996). Flannery (1990b) listed shawmayeri as a synonym of M. rattoides, but holoty...