Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 672

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scientific name	Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888)
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Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 1:157.

TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis, Guadalcanal Isl, Aola .

DISTRIBUTION: Found only on Guadalcanal Isl.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Cyromys . Another Guadalcanal species that has historically been placed in either Uromys or Cyromys , but is currently allocated to the former ( Flannery and Wickler, 1990; Groves and Flannery, in litt.). Still represented by less than a dozen specimens (Flannery, 1991).