Uromys boeadii Groves & Flannery, 1994:157
Biak giant rat, Biak Island uromys
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1963
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Biak (& Supiori?), Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Groves, Colin P. and Flannery, Timothy F. (1994). A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46(2): 145-170.
Other references:
Flannery, Timothy F. (1995). Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Comstock/Cornell, Ithaca, Ny, USA. [p. 170]
Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Allison, A., James, R., Bonaccorso, F. & Aplin, K. (2008). Uromys boeadii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 30 July 2013.