Phalanger carmelitae Thomas, 1898 . Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, 19:5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., upper Vanapa River .

DISTRIBUTION: Interior New Guinea.

COMMENT: Formerly included in vestitus; see George, 1979 in Tyler, ed., The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, p. 94.