Stenomys niobe (Thomas, 1906). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17:327. TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Angabunga River, Owgarra, 2750 m. DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea, nearly all montane regions, including the Huon Peninsula (see map in Taylor et al., 1982:191). SYNONYMS: arfakiensis, arrogans, clarae, haymani, klossi, pococki, rufulus, stevensi. COMMENTS: Revised by Taylor et al. (1982), who recognized two distinct subspecies, arrogans and niobe. Flannery (19906:241), however, noted that unpublished results from biochemical studies indicated that two species are present in what Taylor et al. (1982) defined as a single species, one at high altitudes, the other at lower altitudes. Chromosomal morphology presented by Dennis and Menzies (1978). Phallic anatomy discussed by Lidicker (1968).

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Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098