Rattus arrogans Thomas 1922

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1466

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scientific name	Rattus arrogans Thomas 1922
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Rattus arrogans Thomas 1922 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9: 263.

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), N slopes Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), Doormanpad-bivak, 2400 m, 03E30'S, 138E30'E ( Laurie and Hill, 1954).

Vernacular Names: Western New Guinea Mountain Rat.

Synonyms: Rattus haymani ( Ellerman 1941) ; Rattus klossi Thomas 1913 .

Distribution: Western New Guinea; recorded from the central mountainous backbone of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya; Pegunungan Maoke) eastward to the Star Mtns in W Papua New Guinea (longitude 141 EE), 2200-4050 m (some of the material cited by Taylor et al., 1982 as Rattus niobe arrogans ; Flannery and Seri, 1990; specimens in AMNH).

Conservation: haymani ( Ellerman, 1941) ; klossi Thomas, 1913 [not Bonhote, 1906].