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SPECIES Uromys (Uromys) anak
Author: | Thomas, 1907. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20: 72. | Common Name: | Black-tailed Uromys | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Brown River, Efogi, "not less than" 4000 ft (1220 m). | 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, 1995b). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | 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 (1995a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
albiventer Groves and Flannery, 1994 rothschildi Thomas, 1912
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