Mallomys rothschildi Thomas, 1898

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 608-609

Mallomys rothschildi Thomas, 1898 . Novit. Zool., 5:2.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., Owen Stanley Range, between Mt Musgrave and Mt Scratchley, 5000-6000 ft ( Flannery et al., 1989 provided additional data) .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Central Cordillera, from Weyland Range in W Irian Jaya to Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea (see map in Flannery et al., 1989:93).

SYNONYMS: argentata, weylandi.

COMMENTS: M. rothschildi and M. aroaensis are thought to be sympatric at a few localities ( Flannery et al., 1989), but the morphological variation present among samples requires re-examination to test whether it reflects presence of one or two species.