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 aroaensis (De Vis, 1907) . Ann. Queensl. Mus., 7: 11 . TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea , Central Prov., head of Aroa River (see Flannery et al., 1989 , for other data) . DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea ; Papuan Central Cordillera from Mt Sisa in the west to Mt Simpson in the east; also highlands of Huon Peninsula (see map in Flannery et al., 1989:95 ). SYNONYMS: hercules.