Table 5: External and cranial measurements (mm) and body mass (g) of adult specimens of additional species of MelomyS endemic to the Moluccas (means, measurement ranges, and sample sizes provided). Seram paveli aSeram fraterculus bSeram aerosus cSeram fulgens dTalaud caurinus eTalauds talaudium fHBL124.5 123–126 (2)115 115–115 (2)153 150–160 (5)150 150–150 (2)176 176 (1)174 173–174 (2)Tail length133 128–138 (2)154 153–155 (2)132 125–138 (8)203 200–205 (2)137 136–137 (2)171 150–183 (3)Hindfoot length24 22.4–26.2 (2)26 26–26 (2)33 31–34 (8)34 34–34 (2)30 30–30 (2)NA NAEar length15 14.6–15.4 (2)17.5 17–18 (2)17.4 16–18 (8)18 17–19 (2)15 15 (1)14.7 13–16 (3)GLS33.6 33.6 (1)32.4 31.7–33.0 (2)36.6 35.0–37.4 (7)39.3 39.3–39.4 (2)38.6 38.6 (1)38.3 36.9–39.7 (6)ZB15.0 14.7–15.3 (2)16.1 15.9–16.4 (2)18.6 18.0–19.8 (8)21.1 20.2–22.0 (2)20.0 20.0 (1)19.6 18.1–20.8 (6)Mass55 45–65 (2)NA NA110 97–123 (2)NA NANA NANA NA aMZB 35961; AU 31923. bBMNH.20.7.26.26-27. cBMNH.20.7.26.21-25; BMNH.20.7.26.22. dBMNH.20.7.26.19-20. eBMNH.21.2.9.2. fBMNH.21.2.9.3.

Published as part of Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Fitriana, Yuli S., Semiadi, Gono, Pagès, Marie, Aplin, Ken, Supriatna, Nanang & Helgen, Kristofer M., 2018, New record of Melomys burtoni (Mammalia, Rodentia, Murinae) from Halmahera (North Moluccas, Indonesia): a review of Moluccan Melomys, pp. 230 in Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 82 (3) on page 230, DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2016-0137, http://zenodo.org/record/7837666