Solomys spriggsarum Flannery & Wickler, 1990:133
Buka naked-tailed rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: >4,700 BC
Distribution
Buka Island, Solomon Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: AM F78235 ("right maxillary fragment...")
Type locality: Buka Island, Solomon Islands
Referred Material:
Substantial referred material has been excavated, see original description.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Flannery, Timothy F. and Wickler, S. (1990). Quaternary murids (Rodentia: Muridae) from Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species. Australian Mammalogy 13: 127-139.
Other references:
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/7150/solomys-spriggsarum-buka-tailed-rat