Leptomys elegans Thomas, 1897 . Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 18:610.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, (=”British New Guinea ”), Central Prov., Astrolabe Range .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

COMMENT: See Tate, 1951, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 97:223, for discussion of type locality.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011077001001.