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 Mallomys aroaensis De Vis 1907 Mallomys aroaensis De Vis 1907 , Ann. Queensl. Mus ., 7: 11 . Type Locality: Papua New Guinea , Central Province , head of Aroa River ( Flannery et al., 1989 , provided additional data). Vernacular Names: De Vis's Mallomys . Synonyms: Mallomys hercules Thomas 1912 . Distribution: New Guinea ; in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) in the Arfak Mtns of Vogelkop region and on the S side of the Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), then throughout the Central Cordillera of Papua New Guinea to Mt Simpson in the east; also highlands of Huon Peninsula; 1100-2700 m ( Flannery et al., 1989:95 ; Flannery, 1995 a ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Broadly sympatric with M. rothschildi along the Central Cordillera in Papua New Guinea (Flannery, 1995 a ). Cole et al. (1997) discussed a specimen obtained on E flanks of Mt Dayman.