Echymipera kalubu (Fischer, 1829) . Synopsis Mammal., p. 274.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Sorong Div., Waigeo Island .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea and adjacent small islands; Bismarck Arch.; Mysol and Salawatti Isis.

COMMENT: The name kalubu has been attributed to Lesson, 1828, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat., 13:200; but see Husson, 1955, Nova Guinea, 6:290.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402004002002001.