Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 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) .