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 Mallomys Thomas, 1898 . Novit. Zool., 5:1 . TYPE SPECIES: Mallomys rothschildi Thomas, 1898 . SYNONYMS: Dendrosminthus . COMMENTS: Listed as a member of the Phloeomyinae by Simpson (1945) , but no data supports such an allocation. Member of the New Guinea Old Endemics ( Musser, 1981c ). Revised by Flannery et al. (1989) .