Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887) . Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., ser. 2, 2: 533.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, near Derby .

DISTRIBUTION: Australian coast from N. New South Wales through Queensland to N.E. Western Australia.

COMMENT: Includes littoralis; see Knox, 1978, J. Zool. Lond., 185:276-277. Probably includes australius, callopes, M. cervinipes albiventer, melicus, mixtus, and murinus; M. lutillus from S. New Guinea and Cape York may prove to be a subspecies of burtoni (CHSW) .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011038009001 as A4, littoralis .