Uromys (Uromys) anak Thomas 1907

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

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Brown River, Efogi, "not less than" 4000 ft (1220 m).

Vernacular Names: Black-tailed Uromys.

Synonyms: Uromys (Uromys) albiventer Groves and Flannery 1994; Uromys (Uromys) rothschildi Thomas 1912 .

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; not recorded from any of the N coastal ranges or the Vogelkop region; 850-2950 m (Flannery, 1995 b).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Uromys . Closely related to U. neobritannicus . Geographic variation of morphological traits analyzed by Groves and Flannery (1994) in context of a revision of Uromys . Sperm morphology documented by Breed and Aplin (1994). Reviewed by Flannery (1995 a).