Emperor rat
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Emperor rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Uromys |
| Species: | U. imperator
|
| Binomial name | |
| Uromys imperator (Thomas, 1888)
| |
The emperor rat (Uromys imperator) is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.[2] It is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN but is likely already extinct.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).