Poncelet's Giant Rat

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Poncelet's Giant Rat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Solomys Species: S. ponceleti
Binomial name
Solomys ponceleti (Troughton, 1935)

Poncelet's Giant Rat or Poncelet's Naked-tailed Rat (Solomys ponceleti) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Solomys ponceleti. 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.