Pogonomys championi Flannery, 1988

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Pogonomys championi Flannery, 1988

Rec. Aust. Mus. 40(6): 333, figs 1, 2, 5; tables 1, 2. (31 December 1988).

Common name. Champion’s Tree Mouse.

Current name. Pogonomys championi Flannery, 1988 ; following Musser & Carleton (2005).

Holotype. M.13502 by original designation. Male, Field no. FN196, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc., collected by S. Van Dyck on 10 February 1984; registered 27 May 1985.

Condition. Cranium complete; right dentary missing coronoid process. Study skin missing left ear tip.

Type locality. Ofektaman , Telefomin Valley, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (5°04'S 141°34'E; alt. 1,400 m) .

Paratypes. (27, by original designation). M.13646, adult male skull, study skin, Sol River Valley, alt. 2300 m, (5°05'S 141°35'E), collected by T. F. Flannery 14 February 1984. M.13463, male, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc.; M.13464, M.13660, and M.13664, male study skins and skulls; M.13640, female, skull, study skin, skinned body in alc., M.13646, female skull, study skin; M.13718–19, M.13721–24, males, bodies in alc.; M.13720, female, body in alc., all from Ofektaman, alt. 1400 m, (5°04'S 141°34'E), collected by S. Van Dyck, 9–12 February 1984. M.17727, M.17729, M.17731, males, bodies in alc.; M.17728, M.17730, M.17732–33, females, bodies in alc.; M.17721–22, M.17725–26, male study skins and skulls, all with skinned bodies in alc.; M.17723–24, female study skins and skulls, both with skinned bodies in alc.; all from Tifalmin, alt. 1,800 m, (5°07'S 141°25'E), collected by T. F. Flannery and L. Seri, 11 April 1987.

Comments. Type series of 28 specimens.