Guadalcanal rat

Guadalcanal rat

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Uromys
Species: U. porculus
Binomial name
Uromys porculus
Thomas, 1904

The Guadalcanal rat (Uromys porculus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was found only in the Solomon Islands. Since this species was collected between 1886 and 1888 it has not been seen again.[1] It is possibly extinct.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Helgen, K.; Leary, T. & Wright, D. (2016). "Uromys porculus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22805A22446647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T22805A22446647.en. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1516. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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