Biology:Buka Island solomys

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Short description: Extinct species of rodent

Buka Island solomys
Temporal range: Early Holocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Solomys
Species:
S. spriggsarum
Binomial name
Solomys spriggsarum
Flannery and Wickler, 1990[1]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q146541 entry