Rattus owiensis Troughton, 1946 . Rec. Aust. Mus., 21:374.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Prov., E. Schouten group, off the mouth of the Sepik River, Owi Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Owi Isl. (Papua New Guinea).

COMMENT: For discussion of type locality see Tate, 1951, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 97:338.