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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Solomys
SPECIES Solomys salamonis
| Author: | Ramsay, 1883. | | Citation: | Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 7: 43. | | Common Name: | Florida Island Solomys | | Type Locality: | Solomon Isls, Florida Isl in the Nggela Group (Flannery and Wickler, 1990:13). | | Distribution: | Recorded only from Florida Isl in the Solomon Arch. (Flannery and Wickler, 1990). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Originally described as a Mus, the species was transferred to Uromys (Rümmler, 1938; Tate, 1951), but then correctly placed in Solomys by Troughton (1936). Holotype of S. salamonis is an adult male and was originally preserved in alcohol with the skull extracted, but the body has been lost and only the skull now represents the species (Flannery, 1995b). |
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