Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Дата публикации (перечислена/фактическая):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Название статьи/главы:
Superfamily Muroidea
Название журнала/книги, номер тома:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Страницы:
894-1531
Издатель:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Место публикации:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Примечания:
Ссылка для:
Protochromys fellowsi
Protochromys fellowsi: Географическая информация
Географический отдел:
Australia
Юрисдикция/происхождение:
Protochromys fellowsi: Комментарии
Комментарий:
Status: IUCN - Vulnerable as Melomys fellowsi
Комментарий:
Comments: Originally described as a very distinctive species of Melomys that resembles M. rufescens and M. leucogaster in some morphometric features (Menzies, 1990). Its inclusion in Melomys has always been questioned by systematists familiar with the group. Recently, Menzies (1996) demonstrated that while fellowsi shared traits with both Melomys and Paramelomys, it should be separated from both groups of species because of its pale (unpigmented to pale yellow) incisors, narrow zygomatic plate, and a...