Uromys (Cyromys) rex Thomas 1888

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1516

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

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Guadalcanal Isl, Aola.

Vernacular Names: King Uromys.

Distribution: Found only on Guadalcanal Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Cyromys . Another Guadalcanal species that has historically been placed in either genus Uromys or Cyromys , but is currently allocated to the former ( Flannery and Wickler, 1990; Groves and Flannery, 1994). Still represented by less than a dozen specimens (Flannery, 1991), and likely the only species in subgenus Cyromys that is not extinct (Flannery, 1995 b).