Mallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989

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 istapantap Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989

Mallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989 , Rec. Aust. Mus ., 41: 96.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Mt Hagen Dist., Korelum ( Flannery et al., 1989, provided additional information).

Vernacular Names: Subalpine Mallomys.

Distribution: New Guinea; high altitudes along Central Cordillera from Mt Victoria in Owen Stanley Range of E Papua New Guinea to Bele River region in Snow Mtns of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Recorded from the Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), where it has been taken on the N slopes at the Bele River and on the S slopes near Tembagapura, and the Central Cordillera in Papua New Guinea from Mt Giluwe in the west to Mt Victoria in the east; 2200-3850 m (Flannery, 1995 a:289).