Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1189
1531
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Uromys (Cyromys) porculus
Thomas 1904
Uromys (Cyromys) porculus
Thomas 1904
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14: 400
.
Type Locality:
Solomon Isls,
Guadalcanal
Isl, Aola.
Vernacular Names:
Guadalcanal
Uromys
.
Distribution:
Endemic to
Guadalcanal
Isl.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Extinct. Probably extinct (see Flannery, 1995
b
).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Cyromys
. Although originally described as a species of
Uromys
, it was transferred to
Melomys
(
Ellerman, 1941
; Rümmler, 1938), placed once more in
Uromys
(
Tate, 1951
)
, again put in
Melomys
(
Laurie and Hill, 1954
)
, and currently returned to
Uromys
(
Flannery and Wickler, 1990
;
Groves and Flannery, 1994
). Still known only by the
holotype
. Morphologically closely related to
U. rex
and
U. imperator
. Reviewed by Flannery (1995
b
).