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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Mallomys
SPECIES Mallomys rothschildi
| Author: | Thomas, 1898. | | Citation: | Novit. Zool., 5: 2. | | Common Name: | Rothschild’s Mallomys | | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Owen Stanley Range, between Mt Musgrave and Mt Scratchley, 5000-6000 ft (1524-1830 m); see Flannery et al. (1989). | | Distribution: | New Guinea; Central Cordillera, from Weyland Range in W Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea; 1550-3700 m (Flannery, 1995a:290; Flannery et al., 1989:93). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Mallomys rothschildi and M. aroaensis are thought to be sympatric at a few localities (Flannery, 1995a; Flannery et al., 1989), but the morphological variation present among samples requires re-examination to test whether it reflects presence of one or two species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
argentata Rothschild and Dollman, 1932
weylandi Rothschild and Dollman, 1932
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