Uromys boeadii
Groves & Flannery, 1994
Biak 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 | : Uromys |
| Subgenus | : Uromys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Groves, C.P. and Flannery, T.F. 1994-07-28. A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46(2):145-169.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.12Original name as described
Uromys boeadii
Other common names
Biak Giant Rat · Biak Island Uromys
Type material
AMNH M-222242
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
25 km north-east of Biak (town), 65 m, Pulau Biak, Geelvinck Bay, Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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