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 Rattus arrogans Thomas 1922 Rattus arrogans Thomas 1922 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 9: 263 . Type Locality: New Guinea , Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), N slopes Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), Doormanpad-bivak, 2400 m , 03E30'S, 138E30'E ( Laurie and Hill, 1954 ). Vernacular Names: Western New Guinea Mountain Rat . Synonyms: Rattus haymani ( Ellerman 1941 ) ; Rattus klossi Thomas 1913 . Distribution: Western New Guinea ; recorded from the central mountainous backbone of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya; Pegunungan Maoke) eastward to the Star Mtns in W Papua New Guinea (longitude 141 EE ), 2200-4050 m (some of the material cited by Taylor et al., 1982 as Rattus niobe arrogans ; Flannery and Seri, 1990 ; specimens in AMNH ). Conservation: haymani ( Ellerman, 1941 ) ; klossi Thomas, 1913 [not Bonhote, 1906].