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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Solomys
SPECIES Solomys ponceleti
| Author: | Troughton, 1935. | | Citation: | Rec. Aust. Mus., 19: 260. | | Common Name: | Poncelet’s Solomys | | Type Locality: | Solomon Isls, Bougainville Isl, about 10 mi (16 km) inland from Buin. | | Distribution: | Solomon Isls; endemic to islands of Buka, Bougainville, and Choiseul (Flannery, 1995b; Flannery and Wickler, 1990); sample from Buka Isl represented only by fossils. | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | An arboreal species that builds stick nests high in large tall trees and known by a few extant specimens and archaeological fragments (Flannery et al., 1988; Flannery and Wickler, 1990). Reviewed by Flannery (1995b). |
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