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Buhler's coryphomys

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Buhler's coryphomys[1]
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C. buehleri
Binomial name
Coryphomys buehleri
Schaub, 1937

Buhler's coryphomys (Coryphomys buehleri) is an extinct species of giant rat. It is known only from sub-fossil fragments that were found on Timor Island, Indonesia.[2] It is related to the murines of New Guinea.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Template:IUCN2008