Latitudinal range: -19.0° to -16.8°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4)

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Found in 5 samples

Australia: Black Mountain Road (narrow road-clearing sites), Black Mountain Road (wide road-clearing sites), Southern Atherton Tableland, Dinner Creek, Beehive Cave (Holocene)

See also Melomys, Melomys burtoni, Melomys leucogaster, Melomys littoralis, Melomys rufescens, Melomys sp., Melomys spp.