Abundance: 0.35 to 39.23% (median 9.30%)
Latitudinal range: -26.9° to -2.9°Habitats: (10), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (10)
Found in 21 samples
Australia: Black Mountain Road (narrow road-clearing sites), Black Mountain Road (wide road-clearing sites), Thiaki Creek Nature Refuge (pasture), Danbulla National Park (Site A), Southern Atherton Tableland, Beerwah (scribbly gum forest), Dinner Creek, Hay Cave (SU3), Beehive Cave
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), Balof Shelter (Horizon II), Balof Shelter (Horizon III), Balof Shelter (Horizon IV), Balof Shelter (Horizon V), Balof Shelter (Horizon VI), Balof Shelter (Horizon VII), Kiowa Rockshelter (Level 12)
See also Melomys burtoni, Melomys cervinipes, Melomys leucogaster, Melomys littoralis, Melomys rufescens, Melomys sp., Melomys spp.