Uromys caudimaculatus

(Krefft, 1867)

White-tailed 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

Krefft, G. 1867-10. Notes on the mammals and birds of Cape York, with description of two new rodents of the genus _Hapalotis._. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):316-319.

Original name as described

Hapalotis caudimaculata

Other common names

Atherton Uromys · Cape York Uromys · Giant Mosaic-tailed Rat · Giant Naked-tailed Rat · Giant White-tailed Rat · Giant White-tailed Uromys · Mottled-tailed Giant Rat · Hinchinbrook Island Uromys

Type material

AM S.1848

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Cape York, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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