Great Key Island giant rat

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Great Key Island uromys [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Uromys
Species:
U. siebersi
Binomial name
Uromys siebersi
Thomas, 1923

The Great Key Island giant rat, or Great Key Island uromys (Uromys siebersi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [1] [2] It is known only from Great Key Island, Indonesia.

The species name is after the ornithologist H. C. Siebers.

References

  1. 1 2 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Uromys siebersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136493A115209020. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136493A22446733.en . Retrieved 5 September 2024.


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