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 |
Binomial name | |
Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937 | |
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
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Chiozza, F. (2008). "Coryphomys buehleri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T5414A11126652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5414A11126652.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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