Melomys capensis Tate, 1951 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 97:295.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub (E of Coen), 1500 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Queensland, Iron and Mcllwraith Ranges of Cape York (north of Cooktown).

COMMENTS: Originally described as a subspecies of M. cervinipes by Tate (1951:295), but separated as a distinct species by Baverstock et al. (1980), who based their conclusions on differences in blood proteins; otherwise, the two species are similar in morphological traits and body size (Watts and Aslin, 1981:82). Other electrophoretic results presented by Baverstock et al. (1981).