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 dollmani Rümmler 1935 Melomys dollmani Rümmler 1935 , Z. Saugetierk., 10: 106 . Type Locality: Papua New Guinea , Eastern Highlands Province , Kratke Mtns, 1200-1500 m . Vernacular Names: Dollman's Melomys . Distribution: Papua New Guinea ; above 1200 m along Central Cordillera in the Eastern Highlands (Garaina area, Wau region, Kratke Mtns, Upper Ramu River Plateau, Okapa area) to slopes of Mt Hagen (Tomba); also apparently Mt Sisa (see Flannery et al., 1994 ); does not occur east of the Okapa area on mountains of the E peninsula of Papua.