Uromys (Uromys) emmae Groves and Flannery 1994

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 : 1515

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scientific name	Uromys (Uromys) emmae Groves and Flannery 1994
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Uromys (Uromys) emmae Groves and Flannery 1994 View in CoL

Uromys (Uromys) emmae Groves and Flannery 1994 View in CoL , Rec. Aust. Mus ., 46: 159.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Geelvinck Bay, Schouten Isl Group, Pulau Awai (Owi Isl).

Vernacular Names: Emma's Uromys.

Distribution: Recorded only from Pulau Awai, but may also occur on adjacent Biak and Supiori Isls (Flannery, 1995 b).

Discussion: Subgenus Uromys . Still known only by the holotype. Morphologically and phylogenetically most closely related to the Australian-New Guinea U. caudimaculatus and NE Australian U. hadrourus ( Groves and flannery, 1994).