Rossel Island melomys

Species of rodent

Rossel Island melomys

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Rodentia
Family:  | Muridae
Genus:  | Melomys
Species:  |

M. arcium

Binomial name
Melomys arcium

Thomas, 1913

The Rossel Island melomys (Melomys arcium) is a species of rodent from the family Muridae. It is endemic to Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea, but Flannery (1955) presumed that "it did exist previously on other islands of the group, but has become extinct on all except Rossel."[2] For many years it was seen as a subspecies of the white-bellied mosaic-tailed rat, but is now considered a distinct species.[2] It is listed as data deficient by the IUCN Red List in light of little information on "population status, ecological requirements, and threats".[1] The Rossel Island melomys has not been officially recorded since 1956, but its habitat is still in good condition.[1] The IUCN lists determining population status of the melomys as a "high priority".[1]

## See also[edit]

* White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Lamoreux, J. (2016). "Melomys arcium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136431A22420872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136431A22420872.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. ^ a b Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1374\. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Stenocephalomys
Division|

| Congomys|

* Lukolela swamp rat (C. lukolelae)
* Verschuren's swamp rat (C. verschureni)

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Heimyscus|

* African smoky mouse (H. fumosus)

Hylomyscus
(African wood mice)|

* H. aeta group: Beaded wood mouse (H. aeta)
* Mount Oku hylomyscus (H. grandis)

* H. alleni group: Allen's wood mouse (H. alleni)
* Angolan wood mouse (H. carillus)
* Hylomyscus pamfi
* Stella wood mouse (H. stella)
* Walter Verheyeni's mouse (H. walterverheyeni)

* H. anselli group: Ansell's wood mouse (H. anselli)
* Arc Mountain wood mouse (H. arcimontensis)
* Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse (H. kerbispeterhansi)

* H. baeri group: Baer's wood mouse (H. baeri)

* H. denniae group: Montane wood mouse (H. denniae)
* H. endorobae
* H. vulcanorum

* H. parvus group: Little wood mouse (H. parvus)

Mastomys
(Multimammate rats)|

* Angolan multimammate mouse (M. angolensis)
* Awash multimammate mouse (M. awashensis)
* Southern multimammate mouse (M. coucha)
* Guinea multimammate mouse (M. erythroleucus)
* Hubert's multimammate mouse (M. huberti)
* Verheyen's multimammate mouse (M. kollmannspergeri)
* Natal multimammate mouse (M. natalensis)
* Shortridge's multimammate mouse (M. shortridgei)

Montemys

* Delectable soft-furred mouse (M. delectorum)

Myomyscus
(Multimammate rats)|

* Verreaux's mouse (M. verreauxii)

Ochromyscus

* Brockman's rock mouse (O. brockmani)
* Yemeni mouse (O. yemeni)

Praomys
(African
soft-furred rats)|

* P. coetzeei
* Dalton's mouse (P. daltoni)
* De Graaff's soft-furred mouse (P. degraaffi)
* Deroo's mouse (P. derooi)
* Hartwig's soft-furred mouse (P. hartwigi)
* Jackson's soft-furred mouse (P. jacksoni)
* Least soft-furred mouse (P. minor)
* Misonne's soft-furred mouse (P. misonnei)
* Cameroon soft-furred mouse (P. morio)
* Muton's soft-furred mouse (P. mutoni)
* Gotel Mountain soft-furred mouse (P. obscurus)
* Petter's soft-furred mouse (P. petteri)
* Forest soft-furred mouse (P. rostratus)
* Tullberg's soft-furred mouse (P. tullbergi)

Serengetimys

* Dwarf multimammate mouse (S. pernanus)

Stenocephalemys
(Ethiopian
narrow-headed rats)|

* Ethiopian white-footed mouse (S. albipes)
* Ethiopian narrow-headed Rat (S. albocaudata)
* Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat (S. griseicauda)
* Rupp's mouse (S. ruppi)

Uromys Division|

| Melomys
(Banana rats)|

* Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (M. aerosus)
* Rossel Island melomys (M. arcium)
* Bannister's rat (M. bannisteri)
* Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (M. bougainville)
* Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. burtoni)
* Cape York melomys (M. capensis)
* Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (M. caurinus)
* Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat(M. cervinipes)
* Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (M. cooperae)
* Dollman's melomys (M. dollmani)
* Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (M. fraterculus)
* Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. frigicola)
* Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. fulgens)
* Riama mosaic-tailed rat (M. howi)
* White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (M. leucogaster)
* Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. lutillus)
* Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. matambuai)
* Obi mosaic-tailed rat (M. obiensis)
* Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (M. paveli)
* Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. rufescens)
* Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. spechti)
* Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (M. talaudium)

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Paramelomys|

* Gressitt's mosaic-tailed rat (P. gressitti)
* Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat (P. levipes)
* Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (P. lorentzii)
* Thomas's mosaic-tailed rat (P. mollis)
* Moncton's mosaic-tailed rat (P. moncktoni)
* Long-nosed paramelomys (P. naso)
* Lowland mosaic-tailed rat (P. platyops)
* Mountain mosaic-tailed rat (P. rubex)
* Stein's paramelomys (P. steini)

Protochromys|

* Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (P. fellowsi)

Solomys
(Naked-tailed rats)|

* Poncelet's giant rat (S. ponceleti)
* Florida naked-tailed rat (S. salamonis)
* Bougainville naked-tailed rat (S. salebrosus)
* Isabel naked-tailed rat (S. sapientis)

Uromys
(Giant naked-tailed rats)|

* Giant naked-tailed rat (U. anak)
* Biak giant rat (U. boeadii)
* Giant white-tailed rat (U. caudimaculatus)
* Emma's giant rat (U. emmae)
* Masked white-tailed rat (U. hadrourus)
* Emperor rat (U. imperator)
* Bismarck giant rat (U. neobritanicus)
* Guadalcanal rat (U. porculus)
* King rat (U. rex)
* Great Key Island giant rat (U. siebersi)
* Vangunu giant rat (U. vika)

Xeromys Division|

| Leptomys|

* L. arfakensis
* Long-footed water rat (L. elegans)
* Ernst Mayr's water rat (L. ernstmayri)
* L. paulus
* Fly River water rat (L. signatus)

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Pseudohydromys
(New Guinea
false water rats)|

* Bishop's moss mouse (P. berniceae)
* Huon small-toothed moss mouse (P. carlae)
* Laurie's moss mouse (P. eleanorae)
* One-toothed shrew mouse (P. ellermani)
* Mottled-tailed shrew mouse (P. fuscus)
* German's one-toothed moss mouse (P. germani)
* Eastern shrew mouse (P. murinus)
* Musser's shrew mouse (P. musseri)
* Western shrew mouse (P. occidentalis)
* Woolley's moss mouse (P. patriciae)
* Southern small-toothed moss mouse (P. pumehanae)
* White-bellied moss mouse (P. sandrae)

Xeromys|

* False water rat (X. myoides)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Otomys
Others

Taxon identifiers

Melomys arcium|

* Wikidata: Q2085576
* Wikispecies: Melomys arcium
* CoL: 3ZMWK
* EoL: 7238535
* GBIF: 4264967
* iNaturalist: 74559
* ITIS: 970841
* IUCN: 136431
* MDD: 1003205
* MSW: 13001497
* Observation.org: 200785
* Open Tree of Life: 3608812

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