Alpine Mallomys
Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin & Groves, 1989
Also calledBerg-Riesenbaumratte (deu) · Bergriesenbaumratte (deu) · Bergwolrat (nld) · Mallomys alpin (fra) · Wełnistek graniowy (pol) · vuoristovillarotta (fin) · Горная мохнатая крыса (rus) · コウザンオニネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Rec. Aust. Mus. vol.41 p.101
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: A very distinctive species known only by a few specimens collected between 3500 and 4050 m. On the N slopes of the Snow Mtns it is replaced at lower elevations by M. istapantap and M. rothschildi.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke); known only from vicinity of the type locality and Mt Carstenz (Flannery et al., 1989: 97; Flannery, 1995 a: 286).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), 2 km E Mt Wilhelmina, 3800 m (Flannery et al., 1989, gave details).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
description
Current name. Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin & Groves, in Flannery et al. 1989; following Musser & Carleton (2005).
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439098.