Melomys porculus (Thomas, 1904) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 14:400.

TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis., Guadalcanal Isl., Aola .

DISTRIBUTION: Guadalcanal Isl. (Solomon Isis.).

COMMENT: Tate, 1951, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 97:314, placed this species in Uromys, but Laurie and Hill, 1954:126, and subsequent authors included it in Melomys .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011038014001.