Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer, 1957:306
Flores cave rat, Flores Island spelaeomys
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Flores, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hooijer, D. A. (1957). Three new giant prehistoric rats from Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands. Zoologische Mededelingen 35: 299-314.
Other references:
Elisa Locatelli, Rokus Awe Due, Gert D. van den Bergh and Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende. (2012). Pleistocene survivors and Holocene extinctions: The giant rats from Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia). Quaternary International 281: 47-57.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. 2005 Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.
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