Uromys

Uromys is a genus of rodents found in Melanesia and Australia. They are known as the giant naked-tailed rats. There are eleven species in the genus, with the most recent described in 2017.

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Vinony's link graph records 481 inbound references to Uromys, and connects out to Sigmodontinae, Gerbillinae and Arvicolinae.

It sits within the topics Extant Pleistocene first appearances, Rodent genera and Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters.

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Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyMuridae

Observations recorded2,401

大裸尾鼠屬（Uromys），哺乳綱、囓齒目、鼠科的一屬，而與大裸尾鼠屬（孔武大裸尾鼠）同科的動物尚有長尾攀鼠屬、雲南攀鼠屬（雲南攀鼠）、白腹蓬毛鼠屬（白腹蓬毛鼠）、嬌鼠屬（嬌鼠）等之數種哺乳動物。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 154
With media: 1
Family: Muridae
Collections: AMNH, ANWC, FMNH, NHMUK
Recorded in: Papua New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Murinae
Image: Uromys caudimaculatus 142568131.jpg

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taxon name: Uromys
Commons category: Uromys
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Uromys
taxon author citation: Peters, 1867

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Uromys is a genus of rodents found in Melanesia and Australia. They are known as the giant naked-tailed rats. There are eleven species in the genus, with the most recent described in 2017.

==Species== Giant naked-tailed rat, Uromys anak Thomas, 1907 Biak giant rat, Uromys boeadii Groves & Flannery, 1994 Giant white-tailed rat, Uromys caudimaculatus Krefft, 1867 Emma's giant rat, Uromys emmae Groves & Flannery, 1994 Masked white-tailed rat, Uromys hadrourus Winter, 1983 Emperor rat, Uromys imperator Thomas, 1888 Bismarck giant rat, Uromys neobritannicus Tate & Archbold, 1935 Guadalcanal rat, Uromys porculus Thomas, 1904 King rat, Uromys rex Thomas, 1888 Great Key Island giant rat, Uromys siebersi Thomas, 1923 Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika Lavery & Judge, 2017

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