Biology:King rat (animal)
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Short description: Species of rodent
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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. rex
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| Binomial name | |
| Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888)
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The king rat (Uromys rex), or rat king, is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.[1][2] Like the two other species of rodent in Guadalcanal, it is placed in the genus Uromys.[3] It lives in trees and is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator.[2]
References
- ↑ Gippoliti, S. 2002. Uromys rex 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Groves, C.P.; Flannery, T.F. (1994). "A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae:Mammalia)". Records of the Australian Museum 46: 145–169. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.12. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101212182456/http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Uromys%20Flannery.pdf.
- ↑ 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. 1516. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001864.
Wikidata ☰ Q146519 entry
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