Melomys rufescens subsp. paveli K. Helgen 2003
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Description
Melomys rufescens paveli K. Helgen, 2003
J. Zool. 261(2): 168, tables 3–4. (cover date October 2003).
Common name. Pavel’s Seram Mosaic-tailed Rat.
Current name. Melomys paveli K. Helgen, 2003; following Musser & Carleton (2005).
Holotype. M.31923 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. GT199], skull (Fig. 40), study skin, skinned body in alc., collected 30 May 1993 by Pavel German and Elizabeth Tasker; registered 22 June 1995.
Condition. Incomplete cranium, missing most of braincase and both auditory capsules, both zygomatic arches; right dentary missing angular process; left dentary complete. Study skin complete.
Type locality. Near the village of Piliana (c. 3°15'S 129°30'E, alt. c. 400 m), south coast of Seram, Maluku Province, Indonesia.
Comments. Described from the only known specimen (Gerrie & Kennerley, 2016).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Melomys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- K. Helgen
- Species
- paveli
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Melomys rufescens subsp. paveli Helgen, 2003 sec. Parnaby, Ingleby & Divljan, 2017
References
- 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 (London) 261 (2): 165 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0952836903004035