The king rat (Uromys rex), or rat king, is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.[1][2] Like the two other species of rodent in Guadalcanal, it is placed in the genus Uromys.[3] It lives in trees and is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator.[2]
King rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Uromys |
Species: | U. rex
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Binomial name | |
Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888)
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References
edit- ^ Gippoliti, S. 2002. Uromys rex 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 27 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- ^ a b Groves, C.P.; Flannery, T.F. (1994). "A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae:Mammalia)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 46: 145–169. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2010.
- ^ 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. 1516. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.