Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989

Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989, Rec. Aust. Mus ., 41: 101.

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), 2 km E Mt Wilhelmina, 3800 m (Flannery et al., 1989, gave details).

Vernacular Names: Alpine Mallomys.

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).

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

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 .