Mallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989

Mallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989, Rec. Aust. Mus ., 41: 96.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Mt Hagen Dist., Korelum (Flannery et al., 1989, provided additional information).

Vernacular Names: Subalpine Mallomys.

Distribution: New Guinea; high altitudes along Central Cordillera from Mt Victoria in Owen Stanley Range of E Papua New Guinea to Bele River region in Snow Mtns of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Recorded from the Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), where it has been taken on the N slopes at the Bele River and on the S slopes near Tembagapura, and the Central Cordillera in Papua New Guinea from Mt Giluwe in the west to Mt Victoria in the east; 2200-3850 m (Flannery, 1995 a:289).