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Uromys (giant naked-tailed rats)

Synonyms: Cyromys; Gymnomys; Melanomys

Wikipedia Abstract

Uromys is a genus of rodent from Asia. Also known as the giant naked-tailed rats. There are ten species in this genus with the most recent two described in 1994.
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Species

Uromys anak (giant naked-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Uromys aplini
Uromys boeadii (Biak Giant Rat) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Uromys caudimaculatus (giant white-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Uromys emmae (Emma's Giant Rat) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Uromys hadrourus (masked white-tailed rat) (Attributes)
Uromys imperator (emperor rat) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Uromys neobritannicus (Bismarck Giant Rat) (Attributes)
Uromys porculus (Guadalcanal rat) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Uromys rex (king rat) (Endangered)
Uromys siebersi (Great Key Island giant rat) (Attributes)
Uromys vika (Vangunu Giant Rat) (Critically Endangered)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0