Species Melomys rubicola Thomas, 1924 (extinct)

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• Melomys rubicola Thomas, O. 1924. Some new Australasian Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 13: 296-299 [298].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 46.8.26.7 ♂ skin & skull, Bramble Cay (as Bramble Key), Torres Strait, QLD ['about 9°S., 144°E.'].

 

Introduction

Confirmed to be extinct in 2016, due to ocean inundation, see Fulton (2017) for details

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Bramble Cay. Extinct since 2016

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Thought to be herbivorous.

 

General References

Dennis, A.J. & Storch, D. 1998. Conservation and Taxonomic Status of the Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola. Progress Report for Endangered Species Program. Canberra. Environment Australia.

Fulton, G.R. 2017. The Bramble Cay melomys: the first mammalian extinction due to human-induced climate change. Pacific Conservation Biology 23: 1-3

Lee, A.K. 1995. The Action Plan for Australian Rodents. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 62 pp.

Limpus, C.J., Parmenter, C.J. & Watts, C.H.S. 1983. Melomys rubicola, an endangered murid rodent endemic to the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 6: 77-79

Watts, C.H.S. 1995. Bramble Cay Melomys Melomys rubicola. pp. 637-638 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Bramble Cay 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)