Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4)
onlyFound in 11 samples
Papua New Guinea: Crater Mountain Biological Research Station (trapping session 1), Crater Mountain Biological Research Station (trapping session 2), Crater Mountain Biological Research Station (trapping session 3), Crater Mountain Biological Research Station (trapping session 4), Balof Shelter (Horizon I) (Holocene), Balof Shelter (Horizon II) (Holocene), Balof Shelter (Horizon III) (Holocene), Balof Shelter (Horizon IV) (Holocene), Balof Shelter (Horizon V) (Late Pleistocene), Balof Shelter (Horizon VI) (Late Pleistocene), Balof Shelter (Horizon VII) (Late Pleistocene)
See also Melomys, Melomys burtoni, Melomys cervinipes, Melomys leucogaster, Melomys littoralis, Melomys sp., Melomys spp.