Buka Island solomys
Appearance
(Redirected from Buka Island Naked-tailed Rat)
Buka Island solomys Temporal range: Early Holocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Solomys |
Species: | †S. spriggsarum
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Binomial name | |
†Solomys spriggsarum Flannery and Wickler, 1990[1]
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The Buka Island solomys (Solomys spriggsarum), also known as the Buka naked-tailed rat[2] or Buka Island naked-tailed rat, is an extinct species of rodent known only from subfossil remains.[3] This species occurred on Buka Island, the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville.
References
[edit]- ^ "Säugetiere Der Welt". Mammals-worldwide.info. Archived from the original on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ^ "The Sixth Extinction - A forum about the current biodiversity crisis - List of extinct rodents". Extinctanimals.proboards.com. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea Endemic Mammals Checklist". Lntreasures.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.