Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Paramelomys rubex (Thomas 1922) [Melomys] rubex Thomas 1922 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9: 263 . Type Locality: New Guinea , Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Mamberano River, Doormanpad-bivak, 1410 m . Vernacular Names: Mountain Paramelomys . Synonyms: Paramelomys alleni (Rümmler 1935) ; Paramelomys arfakiensis (Rümmler 1935) ; Paramelomys clarus (Rümmler 1935) ; Paramelomys pohlei (Rümmler 1935) ; Paramelomys rutilus (Rümmler 1935) ; Paramelomys shawi ( Tate and Archbold 1935 ) ; Paramelomys stresemanni (Rümmler 1935) ; Paramelomys tafa ( Tate and Archbold 1935 ) . Distribution: New Guinea ; montane forests in the Central Cordillera from the Arfak Mtns on the Vogelkop of W Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to Mt Dayman at the end of the Owen Stanley Range in E Papua New Guinea ; also in the N coastal Torricelli Mtns and Huon Peninsula; altitudinal range, 900-3000 m (specimens we examined; Menzies, 1996 ; see map in Flannery, 1995 a ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Melomys rubex . Discussion: The many names applied to P. rubex reflect morphological variation among samples that is concordant with interrupted highland distributions ( Menzies, 1996 , and our study of specimens in various museums). Menzies (1996) revised the species and earlier ( Menzies, 1974 ) commented on the status of some names associated with P. rubex .