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
Paramelomys gressitti
Menzies 1996
Paramelomys gressitti
Menzies 1996
,
Aust
. J. Zool., 44: 407
.
Type Locality:
Papua New Guinea
,
Morobe Province
, Wau region, near summit of Mt Kaindi,
2300 m
.
Vernacular Names:
Gressitt's Paramelomys
.
Distribution:
Known only from
2300 m
on Mt Kaindi and
2400 m
on Mt Garaina (
80 km
from Mt Kaindi), both in
Morobe Province
. In addition to the
five specimens
in the type series listed by
Menzies (1996:407)
, five others have also been collected on Mt Kaindi (
USNM
357443-357445, 357488, and 357489).