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Melomys

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Melomys
Species: M. aerosus - M. arcium - M. bannisteri - M. bougainville - M. burtoni - M. capensis - M. caurinus - M. cervinipes - M. cooperae - M. dollmani - M. fraterculus - M. frigicola - M. fulgens - M. howi - M. leucogaster - M. lutillus - M. matambuai - M. obiensis - M. paveli - M. rubicola - M. rufescens - M. spechti - M. talaudium

Name

Melomys Thomas, 1922

Type species: Uromys rufescens Alston, 1877

References

* Melomys on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Menzies, J.I. 1996. A Systematic Revision of Melomys (Rodentia:Muridae) of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 44(4):367-426 [1]

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