Lorentzimys nouhuysi Jentink, 1911 . Nova Guinea, 9:166.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Noord (= Lorentz River), Bivak 2400 m .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Records are from S lowlands and middle altitudes, throughout Central Cordillera from Mt Wilhelm region in the west to Mt Dayman in the east, and the Torricelli Mtns (see map in Flannery, 1990b: 197); limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: alticola .

COMMENTS: Some authors recognized alticola as a species (Lidicker, 1968; Lidicker and Brylski, 1987; Tate, 1951). Chromosomal data reported by Donnellan (1987).