The Papuan abeomelomys is a small rodent of New Guinea’s mountains. It is described as arboreal and has also been recorded in alpine grassland.
The upper fur is thick, woolly, and very soft, reddish or dark brown over slate-gray; the flanks and rump are paler, while the underside is dark gray.
It is described as an arboreal murine. Most records are from evergreen forest or forest edges, but many were also caught in alpine grassland near Mount Wilhelm.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.