Pogonomys championi Flannery 1988

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 : 1441

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335321
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scientific name	Pogonomys championi Flannery 1988
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Pogonomys championi Flannery 1988 View in CoL

Pogonomys championi Flannery 1988 View in CoL , Rec. Aust. Mus ., 40: 333.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Sandaun Provomce, Telefomin Valley, Ofektaman, 1400 m (see Flannery, 1988, for additional information).

Vernacular Names: Champion's Pogonomys.

Distribution: Papua New Guinea; known only from Telefomin and Tifalmin valleys between 1400 and 2300 m (Flannery, 1988).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Apparently ecologically replaces the smaller-bodied P. sylvestris , but is morphologically similar to P. macrourus (Musser and Lunde, ms.).