Solomys
Appearance
Solomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: | Solomys Thomas,1922 |
Type species | |
Uromys sapientis[1] | |
Species | |
Solomysis agenusofrodentin the familyMuridae.These large rats, which are all seriouslythreatened(one already extinct), are native to theSolomon Islands.
It contains the following species:
- Poncelet's giant rat(Solomys ponceleti)
- Florida naked-tailed rat(Solomys salamonis)
- Bougainville naked-tailed rat(Solomys salebrosus)
- Isabel naked-tailed rat(Solomys sapientis)
- Buka Island naked-tailed rat(Solomys spriggsarum) – extinct, known only fromsubfossilremains.
References
[edit]- ^Wilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.).Johns Hopkins University Press.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.