Phalanger interpositus Stein, 1933 . Z. Saugetierk., 8:90.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Paniai Div., Weyland Mtns., Mt. Kunupi, 1500-2000 m .

DISTRIBUTION: N. interior New Guinea.

COMMENT: Formerly included in orientalis; see George, 1979, in Tyler, ed., The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, p. 98.