Hyomys goliath (Milne-Edwards, 1900) . Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 6:165.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., highlands of Aroa River basin .

DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea; Central Cordillera from Mt Dayman in the east to Kratke Mts in the west, and mountains of Huon Peninsula; limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: meeki, strobilurus (see Laurie and Hill, 1954).

COMMENTS: This is the large-bodied species with prominent white auricular tufts that is identified as meeki in the older literature.