Melomys paveli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Melomys
Species: Melomys paveli

Holotype: AM M31923, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “from near the village of Piliana (c. 3º15'S, 129º30'E, elevation c. 400 m) on the south coast of Seram”, Indonesia.

Melomys rufescens paveli Helgen, 2003: 168 [original combination, as subspecies]
Melomys paveli: Musser & Carleton, 2005: 1379 [name combination, elevate to species]

Helgen, K.M. 2003. A review of the rodent fauna of Seram, Moluccas, with the description of a new subspecies of mosaic-tailed rat, Melomys rufescens paveli. Journal of Zoology 261(2): 165–172. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004035 Reference page.

Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Melomys paveli in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. 2016. IUCN: Melomys paveli (Data Deficient). (errata version published in 2017) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136359A115206715. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136359A22420158.en

English: Pavel’s Seram Melomys

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