Buhler's coryphomys

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Buhler's coryphomys [1]
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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] Only subfossil fragments have been found to this day and were found in limestone caves in Indonesian West Timor. [3] There is no precise information regarding the time of extinction or the cause of extinction. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1309. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Chiozza, F. (2019). "Coryphomys buehleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T5414A22416034. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T5414A22416034.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Buhler's coryphomys". memim.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.


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