Biology:Great Key Island giant rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Great Key Island uromys[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Uromys |
| Species: | U. siebersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Uromys siebersi Thomas, 1923
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The Great Key Island giant rat, or Great Key Island uromys (Uromys siebersi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is known only from Great Key Island, Indonesia.
The species name is after the ornithologist H. C. Siebers.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001865.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chiozza, F. (2008). "Uromys siebersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136493/0. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q146471 entry
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