Latitudinal range: -17.4° to -16.1°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

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Found in 3 samples

Australia: Black Mountain Road (wide road-clearing sites), Thiaki Creek Nature Refuge (pasture), Hay Cave (SU3) (Late Pleistocene)

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