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Identification history
| Melomys burtoni | 6 Jan 2025 | Watermelontree | ||
| Melomys burtoni | 6 Jan 2025 | Watermelontree |
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Melomys cervinipes or Fawn-footed Melomys. A medium-sized rat with a particularly long tail. A freshly dead individual found on a forest trail.
2 comments
Watermelontree
wrote:
6 Jan 2025
Why can't you accept Melomys cervinipes? There is no synonym for this species of which I'm aware. Please fix this!
Watermelontree
wrote:
6 Jan 2025
Yet again there is no listing for this locally common species and no way to include the correct identification. Why bother using this database at all?
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Watermelontree Latest Unidentified Rats Rodents Mammals New South Wales North Coast NatureMapr
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