Guadalcanal Rat

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Guadalcanal Rat
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Uromys Species: U. porculus
Binomial name
Uromys porculus Thomas, 1904

The Guadalcanal Rat (Uromys porculus) is an extinct species of rodent in the Muridae family. It was found only in Solomon Islands.

[edit] References

• Gippoliti, S. 2002. Uromys porculus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.