Biology:Buhler's coryphomys
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Short description: Extinct species of rodent
| Buhler's coryphomys[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | †Coryphomys |
| Species: | †C. buehleri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937
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Buhler's coryphomys (Coryphomys buehleri) is an extinct species of giant rat. It is known only from sub-fossil fragments that were found on Timor Island, Indonesia.[2] It is related to the murines of New Guinea.[1] Only subfossil fragments have been found to this day and were found in limestone caves in Indonesian West Timor.[3] There is no precise information regarding the time of extinction or the cause of extinction.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001300.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chiozza, F. (2019). "Coryphomys buehleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T5414A22416034. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T5414A22416034.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5414/22416034. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Buhler's coryphomys". https://memim.com/buhler%27s-coryphomys.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q311365 entry
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