Lorentzimys nouhuysi Jentink 1911

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 : 1352

Lorentzimys nouhuysi Jentink 1911

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

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Noord (= Lorentz River), Bivak 2, 400 m.

Vernacular Names: Long-footed Tree Mouse.

Synonyms:.

Distribution: New Guinea; Records are from S lowlands and middle altitudes, throughout Central Cordillera from N slopes of the Snow Mtns of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) in the west to Mt Dayman ( Papua New Guinea) in the east, and the Torricelli Mtns (Flannery, 1995 a:280); 30-2700 m; limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Photograph, distributional and biological information provided by Flannery (1990 b:197). Phallic morphology described by Lidicker (1968). Some authors recognized alticola as a species (Lidicker, 1968; Lidicker and Brylski, 1987; Tate, 1951), and Flannery (1995 a:280) noted that " alticola differs in a number of ways from the typical form, and further research is needed to determine its true status." Chromosomal data (2n = 46) reported by Donnellan (1987).