Pogonomys championi Flannery 1988

Pogonomys championi Flannery 1988, 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.).