Groves, C. P.;Flannery, Tim F.
Uromys
Sign in to saveUromys 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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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
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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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