A review of the rodent fauna of Seram, Moluccas, with the description of a new subspecies of mosaic-tailed rat, Melomys rufescens paveli

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-172

  Helgen, Kristofer M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambon; Buru; Melomys; Moluccas; Seram

Indexed keywords

NEW TAXON; RODENT; SPECIES INVENTORY; SUBSPECIES; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

INDONESIA;

MAMMALIA; MELOMYS; MELOMYS RUFESCENS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142229602     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004035     Document Type: Review

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