Uneven-toothed Rat
Anisomys imitator Thomas, 1904
Also calledAnisomys (fra) · Hornchenzahnratte (deu) · Hörnchenzahnratte (deu) · irianoszczur wiewiórkozębny (pol) · krysa veverkozubá (ces) · vahvahammasrotta (fin) · Крупнозубая крыса (rus) · ココナツネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1903 p.200
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
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).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
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.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Aroa River, Avera.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Flannery (1990 b) provided a description of the species and a distribution map. Chromosomal data reported by Donnellan (1987).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438052.