Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888)
King rat, King uromys
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Mus rex Thomas, 1888
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in: 1987 (Flannery, 1991 [implicit rediscovery; date]; Fisher, 2011 [explicit rediscovery; date]; Helgen et al., 2016 [date only])
Distribution & Habitat
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Thomas, Oldfield. (1888a). Diagnosis of six new Mammals from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London 1: 155-158.
Other references:
Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]
Flannery, Timothy F. (1991). Emperor, king and Little pig: the three rats of Guadalcanal. Australian Natural History 23(8): 634-641.
Flannery, Timothy F. (1995). Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Ithaca, NY: Comstock/Cornell.
Gippoliti, Spartaco. (Rodent Specialist Group). (2002). Uromys rex. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2002: e.T22806A9389056. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22806/9389056. Accessed on 02 June 2026.
Helgen, K., Leary, T. and Wright, D. (2016). Uromys rex. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22806A22446813. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T22806A22446813.en. Accessed on 02 June 2026.
Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Allison, A., James, R. and Bonaccorso, F. (2008). Uromys rex. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T22806A9388974. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T22806A9388974.en. Accessed on 02 June 2026.
Thomas, Оldfield. (1888b). The mammals of the Solomon Islands, based upon the collections made by Mr C.M. Woodford during his second expedition to the archipelago. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 470-484.