Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
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Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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Mallomys gunung
Flannery, Aplin & Groves
, in
Flannery
et al.
1989
Rec. Aust. Mus.
41(1): 101, figs 1–2, 11–12; tables 4–5. (
30 June 1989
).
Common name
. Alpine Woolly Rat.
Current name
.
Mallomys gunung
Flannery, Aplin & Groves
, in
Flannery
et al.
1989
; following Musser & Carleton (2005).
Paratypes
. (
3
, by original designation): all three
AM
paratypes collected by
R. G. Peters
, “pickup” skulls, of unknown sex.
M.
19028
, anterior part of cranium and both dentaries, collected at alt.
3,780 m
, and
M.
19029
, anterior half of cranium only, collected at alt.
3,760 m
, both collected on
9 December 1983
. Original account gives locality for both as “Moraine Camp, Meren Valley”, specimen labels state “Morraine near Camp Meren V”,
Mount Carstensz
(
4°05'S
137°11'E
),
Papua Province
, (previously
West Irian
),
Indonesia
.
M.
19030
, anterior part of cranium, collected at
3,500 m
on
9 December 1983
,
Ertzberg Meadow
,
Mount Carstensz
(
4°05'S
137°11'E
)
.
Comments
.
Six specimens in the type series,
holotype
and
one paratype
are in the
AMNH
,
the remaining
paratype
is in the
ANWC
.