Anisomys imitator Thomas 1903

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1257

Anisomys imitator Thomas 1903

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

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Aroa River, Avera.

Vernacular Names: Uneven-toothed Rat.

Distribution: Forested mountain backbone of mainland New Guinea from the Weyland Range in the west to the eastern margin of the Owen Stanley Range in the east; also in the Huon Peninsula; sea level to 3500 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Flannery (1990 b, 1995 a) provided description of the species and revealing distribution map. Musser and Lunde (ms) documented its altitudinal distributions in the Snow Mtns of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) and Mt Dayman region of eastern Papua New Guinea. Chromosomal data reported by Donnellan (1987).