Biak giant rat
Biak Island uromys[1] | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Uromys |
Species: | U. boeadii
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Binomial name | |
Uromys boeadii Groves and Flannery, 1994
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The Biak Island uromys or Biak giant rat (Uromys boeadii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is known only from a single specimen collected on the Indonesian island of Biak.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1514. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Flannery, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Bonaccorso, F.; et al. (2008). "Uromys boeadii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Uromys
- Mammals of Western New Guinea
- Mammals described in 1994
- Murinae stubs