Bougainville naked-tailed rat
Bougainville naked-tailed rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Solomys |
Species: | S. salebrosus
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Binomial name | |
Solomys salebrosus Troughton, 1936
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The Bougainville naked-tailed rat (Solomys salebrosus) or Bougainville giant rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
References[]
- Baillie, J. 1996. Solomys salebrosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Solomys
- Rodents of Oceania
- Rodents of Papua New Guinea
- Mammals of the Solomon Islands
- Natural history of Bougainville Island
- Endangered fauna of Oceania
- Mammals described in 1936
- Murinae stubs