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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887)
  • AFD
Published in:ABRS 2001, "Census of Australian Vertebrates"
Synonym Source
Melomys cervinipes albiventer Kellogg, 1945 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Kellogg, R. 1945, "A new Australian naked-tailed rat (Melomys)", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 58, 69-71 p69
Melomys callopes Finlayson, 1943 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Finlayson, H.H. 1943, "A new Melomys from Queensland with notice of two other Queensland rats", Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 66, 243-247 pls 8-9 p243
Melomys mixtus Troughton, 1935 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Troughton, E. le G. 1935, "Five new rats of the genera Hydromys and Melomys from northern Australia", Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 19, 251-258 p257
Melomys littoralis insulae Troughton & Le Souef, 1929 synonym
  • AFD
Published in: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, vol. 6, 96-99 p96
Melomys australius Thomas, 1924 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Thomas, O. 1924, "Some new Australasian Muridae", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, vol. 13, 296-299 p298
Uromys littoralis Lönnberg, 1916 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Lönnberg, E. 1916, "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. II. Mammals from Queensland. 1. List of mammals", Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm, vol. 52, no. 2, 3-11 p5
Uromys murinus Thomas, 1913 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Thomas, O. 1913, "Some new species of Uromys", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, vol. 12, 212-217 p216
Uromys melicus Thomas, 1913 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Thomas, O. 1913, "Some new species of Uromys", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, vol. 12, 212-217 p215
Uromys lutillus Thomas, 1913 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Thomas, O. 1913, "Some new species of Uromys", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, vol. 12, 212-217 p216
Mus burtoni Ramsay, 1887 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Ramsay, E.P. 1887, "Description of three new species of mammals from north west Australia"
Common Name Source
Grassland Melomys Australia Australia
  • AFD
Grassland Melomys Australia Australia
Name Source
Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5b6226c0-b579-4d59-8d66-f23bd328b9dd Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5b6226c0-b579-4d59-8d66-f23bd328b9dd Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5b6226c0-b579-4d59-8d66-f23bd328b9dd Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9ba1f2b0-2172-403a-a257-fb06eed91739 Scientific Name current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5b6226c0-b579-4d59-8d66-f23bd328b9dd Taxon current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/20ca6a48-09d2-4f05-ba8e-bbae4fa40175 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
RODENTIA
family
MURIDAE
subfamily
Murinae
tribe
Hydromyini
genus
Melomys
species
Melomys burtoni
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