Paraleptomys rufilatus Osgood, 1945 . Fieldiana Zool., 31:1.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Cyclops Mtns, Mt Dafonsero, 4700 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: NC New Guinea; known only from N Coast Ranges in Irian Jaya (Cyclops Mtns) and adjacent Papua New Guinea (Torricelli Mtns); see map in Flannery (19905:179).

COMMENTS: A very distinct species (Flannery, 19905; Osgood, 1945) that along with Microhydromys musseri and Petaurus abidi is endemic to the N Coastal Ranges (Flannery, 19905).