Buka Island solomys

Buka Island solomys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Solomys
Species:	S. spriggsarum
Binomial name
	Solomys spriggsarum; Flannery and Wickler, 1990

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

^ "Säugetiere Der Welt". Mammals-worldwide.info. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
^ "The Sixth Extinction - A forum about the current biodiversity crisis - List of extinct rodents". Extinctanimals.proboards.com. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
^ "Papua New Guinea Endemic Mammals Checklist". Lntreasures.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.

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[1] "Säugetiere Der Welt". Mammals-worldwide.info. Retrieved 2012-09-25.

[2] "The Sixth Extinction - A forum about the current biodiversity crisis - List of extinct rodents". Extinctanimals.proboards.com. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2012-09-25.

[3] "Papua New Guinea Endemic Mammals Checklist". Lntreasures.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.

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