Melomys cervinipes pallidus Troughton & Le Souef, 1929b

Aust. Zool. 6: 97. (13 August 1929).

Common name. Fawn-footed Melomys.

Current name. Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852), following Jackson & Groves (2015), no subspecies recognized.

Holotype. M.4379 by original designation. Male adult, skull, study skin, collected by A. S. Le Souef, registered on 7 September 1928.

Condition. Cranium and left dentary complete; right dentary missing coronoid process. Study skin, tail tip is fractured.

Type locality. Hinchinbrook Island, North Qld, Australia. Field work was restricted to the “foreshores” of the Island (Troughton & Le Souef, 1929b)

Paratypes. (2, by subsequent determination). M.4380, female, body in alc.; M.4381, juvenile male, body in alc., details for both as per holotype.

Comments. Type series stated to be the holotype, allotype and one juvenile but registration number cited for the holotype only. Troughton marked M.4380 as a paratype in the register .