Stenomys verecundus (Thomas, 1904) . Novit. Zool., 11:598.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., Aroa River, Avera, 200 m .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Vogelkop and Weyland Range of Irian Jaya, Central Cordillera east of 141 ° to easternmost Papua New Guinea; 150 to 2750 m (see map in Taylor et al., 1982:204).

SYNONYMS: mollis, tomba, unicolor .

COMMENTS: Revised by Taylor et al. (1982), who recognized three distinct subspecies— mollis, unicolor, and verecundus . Chromosomal morphology discussed by Dennis and Menzies (1978).