Bismarck giant rat

Bismarck giant rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Uromys
Species:	U. neobritannicus
Binomial name
Uromys neobritannicus Tate & Archbold, 1935

The Bismarck giant rat (Uromys neobritannicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Uromys neobritannicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22804A22447160. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T22804A22447160.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.

• 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. p. 1515. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.