Mallomys aroaensis De Vis 1907

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 : 1356

Mallomys aroaensis De Vis 1907

Mallomys aroaensis De Vis 1907 , Ann. Queensl. Mus ., 7: 11.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Central Province, head of Aroa River ( Flannery et al., 1989, provided additional data).

Vernacular Names: De Vis's Mallomys.

Synonyms: Mallomys hercules Thomas 1912 .

Distribution: New Guinea; in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) in the Arfak Mtns of Vogelkop region and on the S side of the Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), then throughout the Central Cordillera of Papua New Guinea to Mt Simpson in the east; also highlands of Huon Peninsula; 1100-2700 m ( Flannery et al., 1989:95; Flannery, 1995 a).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Broadly sympatric with M. rothschildi along the Central Cordillera in Papua New Guinea (Flannery, 1995 a). Cole et al. (1997) discussed a specimen obtained on E flanks of Mt Dayman.