Melomys rufescens subsp. paveli K. Helgen 2003
- Dataset
- Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Muridae
- genus
- Melomys
description
Common name. Pavel’s Seram Mosaic-tailed Rat. Current name. Melomys paveli K. Helgen, 2003; following Musser & Carleton (2005).
discussion
Comments. Described from the only known specimen (Gerrie & Kennerley, 2016).
materials_examined
Holotype. M. 31923 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. GT 199], 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.