Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Melomys rubicola Thomas, 1924

Museums

Regional Maps

CAVS: 1850

Species Melomys rubicola Thomas, 1924

Bramble Cay Melomys

  • Melomys rubicola Thomas, O. 1924. Some new Australasian Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 13: 296-299 [298].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 46.8.26.7 ♂ skin & skull, Bramble Cay (as Bramble Key), Torres Strait, QLD ['about 9ºS., 144ºE.'].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Bramble Cay.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Thought to be herbivorous.

 

General References

Dennis, A.J. & Storch, D. 1998. Conservation and Taxonomic Status of the Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola. Progress Report for Endangered Species Program. Canberra. Environment Australia

Lee, A.K. 1995. The Action Plan for Australian Rodents. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 62 pp.

Limpus, C.J., Parmenter, C.J. & Watts, C.H.S. 1983. Melomys rubicola, an endangered murid rodent endemic to the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 6: 77-79

Watts, C.H.S. 1995. Bramble Cay Melomys Melomys rubicola. pp. 637-638 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Bramble Cay Melomys)