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Bougainville naked-tailed rat

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Species of rodent

Bougainville naked-tailed rat
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Solomys
Species: S. salebrosus
Binomial name
Solomys salebrosus
Troughton, 1936

The Bougainville naked-tailed rat (Solomys salebrosus) or Bougainville giant rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. Dando, T. (2021). "Solomys salebrosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T20335A22429892. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)
Stenocephalomys
Division
Congomys
Heimyscus
Hylomyscus
(African wood mice)
Mastomys
(Multimammate rats)
Montemys
Myomyscus
(Multimammate rats)
Ochromyscus
Praomys
(African
soft-furred rats)
Serengetimys
Stenocephalemys
(Ethiopian
narrow-headed rats)
Uromys Division
Melomys
(Banana rats)
Paramelomys
Protochromys
Solomys
(Naked-tailed rats)
Uromys
(Giant naked-tailed rats)
Xeromys Division
Leptomys
Pseudohydromys
(New Guinea
false water rats)
Xeromys
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Solomys salebrosus


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