Flores cave rat

Flores cave rat; Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	†Spelaeomys; Hooijer, 1957
Species:	†S. florensis
Binomial name
	†Spelaeomys florensis; Hooijer, 1957

The Flores cave rat (Spelaeomys florensis) lived on Flores Island, Indonesia. [de] and assessed this species to be extinct in 1996, but believed it probably died out before 1500. This specimen is only known from a few subfossil fragments. It is the only member of the genus Spelaeomys.^[1]

References[]

^ D. A. HOOIJER (23 december 1957). NEW GIANT PREHISTORIC RATS FROM FLORES LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS. ZOOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN XXXV , No. 21

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[1] D. A. HOOIJER (23 december 1957). NEW GIANT PREHISTORIC RATS FROM FLORES LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS. ZOOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN XXXV , No. 21

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Flores cave rat Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	†Spelaeomys Hooijer, 1957
Species:	†S. florensis
Binomial name
†Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer, 1957