Hyomys dammermani Stein 1933

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 : 1338

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scientific name	Hyomys dammermani Stein 1933
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Hyomys dammermani Stein 1933 , Z. Saugetierk., 8: 95.

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Kunupi Mtn.

Vernacular Names: Western Hyomys.

Distribution: New Guinea; from the Vogelkop region (Arfak Mtns), Weyland Range, and Snow Mtns in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) east along Central Cordillera to Schrader Range and the Mt Hagen and Nondugl region in Papua New Guinea; to the east it is apparently replaced by H. goliath .

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Originally described as a subspecies of H. meeki (= H. goliath ; Rummler, 1938; Stein, 1933), H. dammermani is a small-bodied species with only traces of white wisps about the ears.