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Biak Island uromys[1]
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U. boeadii
Binomial name
Uromys boeadii
Groves and Flannery, 1994

The Biak Island uromys or Biak giant rat (Uromys boeadii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is known only from a single specimen collected on the Indonesian island of Biak.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1514. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b c Template:IUCN2008