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SPECIES Pogonomys championi

Author:Flannery, 1988.
Citation:Rec. Aust. Mus., 40: 333.
Common Name:Champion’s Pogonomys
Type Locality:Papua New Guinea, Sandaun Provomce, Telefomin Valley, Ofektaman, 1400 m (see Flannery, 1988, for additional information).
Distribution:Papua New Guinea; known only from Telefomin and Tifalmin valleys between 1400 and 2300 m (Flannery, 1988).
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:Apparently ecologically replaces the smaller-bodied P. sylvestris, but is morphologically similar to P. macrourus (Musser and Lunde, ms.).
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