Uromys anak Thomas, 1907 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20:72.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., Brown River, Efogi, "not less than" 4000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; throughout the Central Cordillera from Weyland Range in the west to Mt Dayman in the east as well as the Huon Peninsula (see map in Flannery, 19906:219).

SYNONYMS: rothschildi .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Uromys . Closely related to U. neobritanicus .