Species Melomys capensis Tate, 1951

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melomys cervinipes capensis Tate, G.H.H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65 The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 183-430 [295].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 154198 ♂ skin & skull, Upper Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub, E of Coen, QLD 1500 ft.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Occurs only on Cape York peninsula and some offshore islands.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, granivore, herbivore, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Cole, S.R. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 289-303

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Gelder, M. 1980. Chromosomal and electrophoretic studies of Australian Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 553-574

Leung, L.K-P. 1995. Cape York Melomys Melomys capensis. pp. 634-635 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Leung, L.K-P. 1999. Ecology of Australian tropical rainforest mammals. II. The Cape York melomys, Melomys capensis (Muridae: Rodentia). Wildlife Research 26: 307-316

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Cape York Melomys)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023		10-Dec-2010	MOVED
10-Dec-2010		10-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)