Subspecies Uromys caudimaculatus caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867)

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• Mus macropus Gray, J.E. 1866. Notes on some Mammalia from Port Albany (Cape York Peninsula), North Australia, with the descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 219-221 pl. 25 [Date published 5 Sept. 1866: publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]] [221] [junior homonym of Mus macropus Hodgson, 1845; as Mus? macropus].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 66.4.23.6 ♀ skin & skull, Port Albany, QLD.
• Hapalotis caudimaculata Krefft, G. 1867. Notes on the mammals and birds of Cape York, with description of two new rodents of the genus Hapalotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 316-319 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]] [316].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM S1848 skull, skin (not found in AM), Cape York, QLD.
• Uromys sherrini Thomas, O. 1923. The Godman Exploration Fund: List of mammals from north Queensland collected by Mr T.V. Sherrin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 11: 170-178 [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 22.12.18.9 ♀ skin & skull, Dinner Creek, Ravenshoe, QLD 2900 ft, 'in dense scrub' on skin label.
• Uromys macropus exilis Troughton, E. le G. & Le Souef, A.S. 1929. New forms of mosaic-tailed rats (Melomys and Uromys) from Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 6: 96-99 [98].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M4378 ♀ skin (skull not found in AM), Hinchinbrook Is., QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, closed forest, coastal, crop, montane, noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, peridomestic, terrestrial, territorial, woodland.

History of changes