Macruromys elegans Stein 1933

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 : 1352

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scientific name	Macruromys elegans Stein 1933
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Macruromys elegans Stein 1933 , Z. Saugetierk., 8: 95.

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Mt Kunupi, 1400-1800 m.

Vernacular Names: Lesser Macruromys.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Possibly endemic to Weyland Range. Still represented only by the type series, three females and a male collected in October, 1931 (Flannery, 1995a).