Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 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) .