Pogonomelomys ruemmleri Tate and Archbold, 1941 . Am. Mus. Novit., 1101:6.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Djajawidjaja Div., N. slope Mt. Wilhelmina, Lake Habbema, 3225 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Interior New Guinea.

COMMENT: Includes Rattus shawmayeri Hinton, 1943; see George, 1978, in Tyler, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, R. Zool. Soc. S. Aust., p. 95. Probably merits distinct generic status (ACZ).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011054003001.