Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989 Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989, Rec. Aust. Mus., 41: 101. Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), 2 km E Mt Wilhelmina, 3800 m (Flannery et al., 1989, gave details). Vernacular Names: Alpine Mallomys. Distribution: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke); known only from vicinity of the type locality and Mt Carstenz (Flannery et al., 1989:97; Flannery, 1995 a:286). Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered. Discussion: A very distinctive species known only by a few specimens collected between 3500 and 4050 m. On the N slopes of the Snow Mtns it is replaced at lower elevations by M. istapantap and M. rothschildi.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1356, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535