Rattus miyakoensis (Kawaguchi et al. 2009:18
Miyako Island rat (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Miyako Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kawaguchi, Satoshi, Kaneko, Yukibumi and Hasegawa, Yoshikazu. (2009). A new species of the fossil murine rodent from the Pinza-Abu Cave, the Miyako Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Bull. Gunma Mus. Natu. Hist. 13: 15-28.
Other references:
Kawamura, Y. 1989. Quaternary rodent faunas in the Japanese Islands (Part 2). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Series of Geology and Mineralogy 54: 1-235.
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