Anisomys imitator Thomas, 1904 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903:200 [1904].

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., Aroa River, Avera .

DISTRIBUTION: Forested mountain backbone of mainland New Guinea.

COMMENTS: Flannery (1990b) provided a description of the species and a distribution map. Chromosomal data reported by Donnellan (1987).