Great Key Island giant rat

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Great Key Island uromys[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Chiozza, F. (2008). "Uromys siebersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2010.