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Appendix 1. List of New Guinean and Australasian Rodent Species Used in This Study Appendix 1. List of New Guinean and Australasian rodent species used in this study. Division Genus Species Common Name ABTC Accession Number Number Lorentzimys Lorentzimys nouhuysi Long-footed Tree Mouse 42732 EF364459 Pogonomys Anisomys imitator Uneven-toothed Rat 13770 EF364448 Chiruromys vates Lesser Chiruromys 43096 EF364449 Coccymys ruemmleri Rummler's Coccymys 47187 EF354450 Hyomys goliath Eastern Hyomys 42697 EF354454 Macruromys major Greater Macruromys 43909 EF354460 Mallomys aroaensis De Vis's Mallomys 45750 EF364461 Mallomys rothschildi Rothschild's Mallomys 47402 EF364462 Mammelomys lanosus Highland Mammelomys 64875 EF364463 Mammelomys rattoides Lowland Mammelomys 44170 EF364464 Pogonomelomys mayeri Shaw Mayer's Pogonomelomys 47403 EF364483 Pogonomys macrourus Chestnut Pogonomys 43144 EF364484 Hydromys Crossomys moncktoni Earless New Guinea Water Rat 46614 EF364452 Hydromys chrysogaster Common Water Rat 07432 EF364453 Parahydromys asper New Guinea Waterside Rat 45382 EF364479 Xeromys Leptomys elegans Elegant Leptomys n/a EF364458 Pseudohydromys ellermani Shaw Mayer's Shrew Mouse 43919 EF364466 Xeromys myoides False Water Rat 07458 EF364510 Uromys Melomys burtoni Grassland Melomys 08239 EF364467 Melomys capensis Cape York Melomys 08349 EF364468 Melomys cervinipes Fawn-footed Melomys 08336 EF364469 Melomys rubicola Bramble Cay Melomys 08416 EF364470 Melomys rufescens Black-tailed Melomys n/a EF364471 Paramelomys levipes Papuan Lowland Paramelomys 42506 EF364480 Paramelomys platyops Common Lowland Paramelomys 46655 EF364481 Paramelomys rubex Mountain Paramelomys 46290 EF364482 Solomys salebrosus Bougainville Island Solomys 50537 EF364507 Uromys anak Black-tailed Uromys 44256 EF364508 Uromys caudimaculatus Giant White-tailed Uromys n/a EF364509 Pseudomys Conilurus penicillatus Brush-tailed Conilurus 07431 EF364451 Leggadina forresti Forrest's Leggadina 41838 EF364455 Leggadina lakedownensis Lakeland Downs Leggadina 07441 EF364456 Leporillus conditor Greater Stick-nest Rat 13331 EF364457 Mesembriomys gouldii Black-footed Mesembriomys 07449 EF364472 Mesembriomys macrurus Golden-backed Mesembriomys 07451 EF364473 Mastacomys fuscus Broad-toothed Mastacomys 07354 EF364465 Division Genus Species Common Name ABTC Accession Number Number Notomys alexis Spinifex Hopping Mouse n/a EF364474 Notomys aquilo Northern Hopping Mouse 18253 EF364475 Notomys cervinus Fawn Hopping Mouse 27132 EF364476 Notomys fuscus Dusky Hopping Mouse 34069 EF364477 Notomys mitchellii Mitchell's Hopping Mouse 27066 EF364478 Pseudomys albocinereus Ash-grey Pseudomys 08165 EF364485 Pseudomys apodemoides Silky Pseudomys 37703 EF364486 Pseudomys australis Plains Pseudomys 34769 EF364487 Pseudomys bolami Bolam's Pseudomys 21998 EF364488 Pseudomys calabyi Kakadu Pebble-mound Pseudomys n/a EF364489 Pseudomys chapmani Western Pebble-mound Pseudomys n/a EF364490 Pseudomys delicatulus Delicate Pseudomys 30596 EF364491 Pseudomys desertor Desert Pseudomys 08143 EF364492 Pseudomys fieldi Shark Bay Pseudomys 08146 EF364493 Pseudomys fumeus Smoky Pseudomys 08046 EF364494 Pseudomys gracilicaudatus Eastern Chestnut Pseudomys 08031 EF364495 Pseudomys hermannsburgensis Sandy Inland Pseudomys 62062 EF364496 Pseudomys higginsi Long-tailed Pseudomys 08139 EF364497 Pseudomys johnsoni Central Pebble-mound Pseudomys n/a EF364498 Pseudomys laborifex Kimberley Pseudomys 08172 EF364499 Pseudomys nanus Western Chestnut Pseudomys 08119 EF364500 Pseudomys novaehollandiae New Holland Pseudomys n/a EF364501 Pseudomys occidentalis Western Pseudomys 08144 EF364502 Pseudomys oralis Hastings River Pseudomys n/a EF364503 Pseudomys patrius Eastern Pebble-mound Pseudomys 32211 EF364504 Pseudomys pilligaensis Pilliga Pseudomys 18120 EF364505 Pseudomys shortridgei Heath Pseudomys 08145 EF364506 Zyzomys argurus Common Australian Rock Rat 29460 EF364511 Zyzomys maini Arnhem Land Rock Rat 08030 EF364512 Zyzomys palatilis Carpentarian Rock Rat 30744 EF364513 Zyzomys pedunculatus Central Australian Rock Rat 65820 EF364514 Zyzomys woodwardi Kimberley Rock Rat 07938 EF364515 All species (genus and common names) used in this study are listed and grouped under the divisions defined by Musser and Carleton (2005). Australian Biological Tissue Collection (ABTC) numbers and GenBank Accession numbers are listed above. .
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