Solomys spriggsarum
Flannery & Wickler, 1990
Buka Island Giant Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Hydromyini |
| Genus | : Solomys |
Species status
Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Flannery, T.F. and Wickler, S. 1990. Quaternary murids (Rodentia: Muridae) from Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species. Australian Mammalogy 13:127-139.
Original name as described
Solomys spriggsarum
Other common names
Buka Island Solomys
Type material
AM F.78235
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Kilu rockshelter, Buka I, Solomon Is.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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