Uromys (Uromys) emmae Groves and Flannery 1994

Uromys (Uromys) emmae Groves and Flannery 1994, Rec. Aust. Mus ., 46: 159.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Geelvinck Bay, Schouten Isl Group, Pulau Awai (Owi Isl).

Vernacular Names: Emma's Uromys.

Distribution: Recorded only from Pulau Awai, but may also occur on adjacent Biak and Supiori Isls (Flannery, 1995 b).

Discussion: Subgenus Uromys . Still known only by the holotype. Morphologically and phylogenetically most closely related to the Australian-New Guinea U. caudimaculatus and NE Australian U. hadrourus (Groves and flannery, 1994).