Melomys bougainville Troughton 1936
Creators: name: Parnaby, Harry E.
name: Ingleby, Sandy
name: Divljan, Anja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Melomys
Melomys bougainville
Mallomys
Mallomys istapantap
Mayermys
Mayermys germani

description: Melomys bougainville Troughton, 1936a
Rec. Aust. Mus. 19(5): 344. (7 April 1936).
Common name. Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat.
Current name. Melomys bougainville Troughton, 1936a; following Musser & Carleton (2005).
Mallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin & Groves, in Flannery et al. 1989
Holotype. M.5757 by original designation. Male, [Field no. 346], skull, study skin, presented by J. B. Poncelet, registered 27 December 1934. Body originally in alcohol, later converted to skull, study skin.
Rec. Aust. Mus. 41(1): 96, figs 1–2, 11–12; tables 4–5. (30 June 1989).
Common name. Subalpine Giant-Rat.
Current name. Mallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin & Groves, in Flannery et al. 1989; following Musser & Carleton (2005).
Holotype. M.7328 by original designation. Female, skull, study skin, collected on 17 July 1945 by Captain Neptune B. Blood, registered in February 1948.
Condition. Cranium missing left auditory capsule, interorbital area has impact indentation with fractures. Both dentaries complete. Study skin has three bald patches on the snout.
Type locality. Korelum, Mount Hagen district (5°52'S 144°14'E), Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Paratypes. (2, by original designation). M.12908, female, skull, manus and pes in alc., collected from the margin of the Neon Basin, 2,900–3,000 m, Mount Albert Edward (8°28'S 147°20'E), Central Province, Papua New Guinea, on 20 December 1981 by [T. F. Flannery and] K. Aplin. M.12875, juvenile female, skull, flat skin (young of M.12908).
Comments. Eight specimens in the type series, the other five paratypes are in ANWC.
Mayermys germani K. Helgen, 2005a
Mammal. Biol. 70(1): 62, figs 2–3; table 1. (11 February 2005).
Common name. Eastern small-toothed moss-mouse.
Current name. Pseudohydromys germani (K. Helgen, 2005a); following Helgen & Helgen (2009).
Holotype. M.29245 by original designation. Male adult, Field no. FR341, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc. includes reproductive tract; frozen tissue. Collected by Pavel German on 11 August 1992; registered 23 August 1993. Captured in a snap trap.
Condition. Cranium and both dentaries intact and in good condition other than detached upper left molar. Study skin is complete.
Type locality. Munimun Village (9°53'S 149°23'E, alt. 1300 m), [Maneau Range], Agaun area, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
Comments. Based on the only known specimen at that time. A further two specimens are reported by Helgen & Helgen (2009), who provide additional photographs of the holotype skull and skin. Publication date established from journal editorial staff (Dr Alrun Albrecht, Senior Publishing Editor, Elsevier, pers. comm. Nov. 2012)
Condition. Cranium and both dentaries complete. Study skin: bald patches on the ventral surface and a tear (stitched up) near the right eye.
Type locality. Buin district [6°50'S 155°45'E], southern Bougainville, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea.
Comments. Troughton based the description on a single specimen, adding that a second adult male, evidently received after preparing the initial description, had external dimensions similar to those of the holotype. The latter specimen is still in the AM Collection and is M.6045, male adult, body in alc., Buin, presented by J. B. Poncelet, registered 18 December 1935. It is considered to be a referred specimen. Poncelet presented four additional specimens (topotypes) that were registered as M. bougainville by Troughton during 1937 to 1939, all from the Buin district: M.6343–44, M.6493 and M.6650, all listed as female in the register. Flannery & Wickler (1990) re-instated this taxon, which had been relegated to a subspecies of M. rufescens since earlier treatments including Tate (1951b).
description: Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on pages 359-360, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800