Species Uromys hadrourus (Winter, 1984)
Masked White-tailed Rat, Thornton Peak Uromys
- Melomys hadrourus Winter, J.W. 1984. The Thornton Peak Melomys, Melomys hadrourus (Rodentia: Muridae): a new rainforest species from Northeastern Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21: 519-539 [519].
Type data:
Holotype QM JM504 ♀ skin (wet) & skull, Thornton Peak summit area at altitude 1220 m, (Mossman sheet, 1: 100,000 series R631, grid reference CC250126), NE QLD [16º09'30'S 145º21'45'E].
Distribution
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, granivore, montane, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Possibly terrestrial and scansorial.
General References
Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S. & Hogarth, J.T. 1977. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents I. The Pseudomyinae, the Hydromyinae and the Uromys/Melomys Group. Chromosoma (Berlin) 61: 95-125
Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Gelder, M. 1980. Chromosomal and electrophoretic studies of Australian Melomys (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 553-574
Groves, C.P. & Flannery, T.F. 1994. A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 145-169
Lee, A.K. 1995. The Action Plan for Australian Rodents. Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency 62 pp.
Nix, H.A. & Switzer, M.A. (eds) 1991. Rainforest Animals: Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 111 pp. [Kowari]
Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls
Winter, J. 1991. Mammals. pp. 43-54 in Nix, H.A. & Switzer, M.A. (eds). Rainforest Animals: Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 111 pp. [Kowari]
Winter, J.W. 1983. Thorton Peak Melomys Melomys s. 379 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Angus & Robertson
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Thornton Peak Uromys)
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [113] (Masked White-tailed Rat)