species: Melomys capensis in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Melomys capensis


©Anne Hoggett: Melomys capensis at North Direction Island

©Lyle Vail: Melomys capensis at North Direction Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys capensis
Status least concern

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Bryant, L.M. (2013). Cryptic diversity and evolutionary relationships among Australian closed-forest Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae) and related Australo-Papuan mosaic-tailed rats. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology. LIRS catalog number 1639.