Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Melomys aerosus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Melomys aerosus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Melomys aerosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
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:
Melomys aerosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flannery, Timothy F.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1995-01-01 / 1995-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands
Page(s):
464
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Publication Place:
Ithaca, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8014-3150-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Melomys aerosus
Melomys aerosus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Melomys aerosus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt)
Comment:
Comments: Tate (1951:292) suggested a relationship between M. aerosus and the New Guinea M. levipes group, but cranial morphology indicates M. aerosus to be more closely related to Australian species of Melomys, especially M. cervinipes, than to the endemic Melomys of New Guinea (Musser's study of specimens in BMNH). Menzies (1996:418) noted that M. aerosus 'has the long incisive foramina characteristic of the cervinipes division of Melomys' but 'does not fit comfortably in any group' Reviewed by Fla...