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 Mayermys ellermani Laurie and Hill, 1954 . List of Land Mammals of New Guinea , Celebes and Adjacent Islands, 1952, p. 134 . TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea , Chimbu Prov. , Bismarck Range, N slopes of Mt Wilhelm, 8000 ft . DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea ; known only from scattered localities along Central Cordillera from Telefomin region in west to Wau area in the east (see map in Flannery 19906:183). COMMENTS: Flannery (19906: 183) provided a photograph of the animal and a summary of distributional and biological data.