Distoechurus pennatus (Peters, 1874) . Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 6:303.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Vogelkop, Manokwari Div., "Andai" (Probably = Arfak Mtns, Hatam, 1520 m). See Van der Feen (1962:52) .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

STATUS: Abundant.

SYNONYMS: amoenus, dryas, neuhassi.