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Emma's giant rat

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Emma’s uromys[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Uromys
Species:
U. emmae
Binomial name
Uromys emmae
Groves and Flannery, 1994

Emma's uromys or Emma's giant rat (Uromys emmae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is only known from Owi Island, a small island of the size of about one square kilometer some 5km South of Biak Island, Indonesia.

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. p. 1515. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Wright, D.; Leary, T. (2016). "Uromys emmae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136470A22447368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136470A22447368.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.