Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Melomys lutillus (Thomas 1913) [Melomys] lutillus (Thomas 1913) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 12: 216 . Type Locality: SE Papua New Guinea , Angabunga River, Owgarra. Vernacular Names: Papua Grassland Melomys . Synonyms: Melomys hintoni Rümmler 1935 . Distribution: Discontinuous range from the northern lowlands of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) throughout Papua New Guinea in foothills and higher in Central Cordillera, from sea level to 1500 m on mainland; not in the Trans-Fly region ( Menzies, 1996 ). Also recorded from Woodlark Isl ( AMNH 159593 and 159594), Misima Isl ( AMNH 159591, 159592, and 190514), and the Conflict Isls (sample in BMNH ) in the Louisiade Arch. east of mainland E Papua (Flannery, 1995 b ). Conservation: hintoni Rümmler, 1935.