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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Uromys
--> SUBGENUS Cyromys
SPECIES Uromys (Cyromys) porculus
| Author: | Thomas, 1904. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14: 400. | | Common Name: | Guadalcanal Uromys | | Type Locality: | Solomon Isls, Guadalcanal Isl, Aola. | | Distribution: | Endemic to Guadalcanal Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Extinct. Probably extinct (see Flannery, 1995b). | | Comments: | Subgenus Cyromys. Although originally described as a species of Uromys, it was transferred to Melomys (Ellerman, 1941; Rümmler, 1938), placed once more in Uromys (Tate, 1951), again put in Melomys (Laurie and Hill, 1954), and currently returned to Uromys (Flannery and Wickler, 1990; Groves and Flannery, 1994). Still known only by the holotype. Morphologically closely related to U. rex and U. imperator. Reviewed by Flannery (1995b). |
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