Bismarck giant rat
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Bismarck giant rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Uromys |
Species: | U. neobritannicus
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Binomial name | |
Uromys neobritannicus Tate & Archbold, 1935
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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
- ^ 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.
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- Fauna of New Britain
- Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate
- Taxa named by Richard Archbold
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