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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species occurs along both sides of the Central Cordillera of the island of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) (Flannery 1995). It has an altitudinal range of between 1,200 and 3,500 m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 1200
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 3500
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Population [top]
Population: It is a naturally uncommon species.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in tropical moist forest, and in secondary habitats and garden areas. It makes a terrestrial nest of foliage under ground cover (Flannery 1995).
Systems: Terrestrial
Generation Length (years): 1-2
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: It is hunted for food and clothing.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): This species is threatened by competition, and possibly pathogen and parasite transmission, from the introduced species, Rattus rattus.
It is also hunted by local people for food and for its teeth, with the pelt taken as a by-product of this hunting, but this is not viewed as a major threat. It is adversely affected in parts of its range by conversion of forest habitat to cultivated land.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It has been recorded from some protected areas. It is legally hunted in some of the protected areas. Further studies are needed into the taxonomy of this species.
Errata [top]
Errata reason: This errata assessment has been created because the map was accidentally left out of the version published previously.
Citation: Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Allison, A., James, R., Bonaccorso, F. & Aplin, K. 2016. Anisomys imitator (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T1307A115056040. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1307A22437015.en. Downloaded on 06 November 2018.
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