Pogonomelomys mayeri (Rothschild and Dollman 1932)

[Melomys] mayeri Rothschild and Dollman 1932, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1932 (353): 14.

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Gebroeders Mtns, 5000 ft (1524 m).

Vernacular Names: Shaw Mayer's Pogonomelomys.

Distribution: New Guinea; mountains from Weyland Range in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to Wau region and Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea; not known from the Vogelkop in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) or the Owen Stanley Range in E Papua New Guinea; 400-1500 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Phallic morphology described by Lidicker (1968). Specimens of P. mayeri and P. bruijni were collected on Mt Sisa in the Kikori River Basin of S Papua New Guinea (Leary and Seri, 1997), but altitudinal relationships between the two there have not been published.