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 istapantap Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989 Mallomys istapantap Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989 , Rec. Aust . Mus ., 41: 96 . Type Locality: Papua New Guinea , Mt Hagen Dist., Korelum ( Flannery et al., 1989 , provided additional information). Vernacular Names: Subalpine Mallomys . Distribution: New Guinea ; high altitudes along Central Cordillera from Mt Victoria in Owen Stanley Range of E Papua New Guinea to Bele River region in Snow Mtns of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Recorded from the Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), where it has been taken on the N slopes at the Bele River and on the S slopes near Tembagapura, and the Central Cordillera in Papua New Guinea from Mt Giluwe in the west to Mt Victoria in the east; 2200-3850 m (Flannery, 1995 a :289).