Buhler's coryphomys
Buhler's coryphomys[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | †Coryphomys |
Species: | †C. buehleri
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Binomial name | |
†Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937
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Buhler's coryphomys (Coryphomys buehleri) is an extinct species of giant rat. It is known only from sub-fossil fragments that were found on Timor Island, Indonesia.[2] It is related to the murines of New Guinea.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Chiozza, F. (2019). "Coryphomys buehleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T5414A22416034. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T5414A22416034.en.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Coryphomys
- Extinct animals of Indonesia
- Murinae stubs
- Prehistoric rodent stubs