Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin & Groves, in Flannery et al. 1989

Rec. Aust. Mus. 41(1): 101, figs 1–2, 11–12; tables 4–5. (30 June 1989).

Common name. Alpine Woolly Rat.

Current name. Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin & Groves, in Flannery et al. 1989; following Musser & Carleton (2005).

Paratypes. (3, by original designation): all three AM paratypes collected by R. G. Peters, “pickup” skulls, of unknown sex. M. 19028, anterior part of cranium and both dentaries, collected at alt. 3,780 m, and M. 19029, anterior half of cranium only, collected at alt. 3,760 m, both collected on 9 December 1983. Original account gives locality for both as “Moraine Camp, Meren Valley”, specimen labels state “Morraine near Camp Meren V”, Mount Carstensz (4°05'S 137°11'E), Papua Province, (previously West Irian), Indonesia. M. 19030, anterior part of cranium, collected at 3,500 m on 9 December 1983, Ertzberg Meadow, Mount Carstensz (4°05'S 137°11'E) .

Comments. Six specimens in the type series, holotype and one paratype are in the AMNH, the remaining paratype is in the ANWC .