Emma's giant rat

Emma’s uromys[1]

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Uromys
Species: U. emmae
Binomial name
Uromys emmae
Groves and Flannery, 1994

Emma’s uromys or Emma's giant rat (Uromys emmae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1515. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Allison, A., James, R., Bonaccorso, F. & Lunde, D. (2008). Uromys emmae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 May 2010.


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