Melomys lutillus (Thomas 1913)

[Melomys] lutillus (Thomas 1913), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 12: 216.

Type Locality: SE Papua New Guinea, Angabunga River, Owgarra.

Vernacular Names: Papua Grassland Melomys.

Synonyms: Melomys hintoni Rümmler 1935 .

Distribution: Discontinuous range from the northern lowlands of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) throughout Papua New Guinea in foothills and higher in Central Cordillera, from sea level to 1500 m on mainland; not in the Trans-Fly region (Menzies, 1996). Also recorded from Woodlark Isl (AMNH 159593 and 159594), Misima Isl (AMNH 159591, 159592, and 190514), and the Conflict Isls (sample in BMNH) in the Louisiade Arch. east of mainland E Papua (Flannery, 1995 b).

Conservation: hintoni Rümmler, 1935.