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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

 

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