Uromys vika
Lavery & Judge, 2017
Vangunu 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 | : Cyromys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Lavery, T.H. and Judge, H. 2017-09-27. A new species of giant rat (Muridae, Uromys) from Vangunu, Solomon Islands. Journal of Mammalogy 98(6):1518-1530.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx116Original name as described
Uromys vika
Other common names
Masked White-tailed Rat · Masked White-tailed Uromys · Pygmy White-tailed Rat · Thornton Peak Melomys
Type material
QM JM20938
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Vangunu Island, Solomon Islands (8°43'14.16"S 157°55'34.44"E) at 145 m above sea level."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Solomon Islands
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Lavery, T. H., & Judge, H. (2017). A new species of giant rat (Muridae, Uromys) from Vangunu, Solomon Islands. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(6), 1518-1530.
IUCN Red List status
Critically Endangered
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