''Solomys'' is a
genus
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of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
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. These large rats, which are all seriously
threatened
A threatened species is any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which is vulnerable to extinction in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensatio ...
(one already extinct), are native to the
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...
.
It contains the following species:
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Poncelet's giant rat (''Solomys ponceleti'')
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Florida naked-tailed rat (''Solomys salamonis'')
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Bougainville naked-tailed rat (''Solomys salebrosus'')
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Isabel naked-tailed rat (''Solomys sapientis'')
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Buka Island naked-tailed rat (''Solomys spriggsarum'') – extinct, known only from
subfossil
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remains.
References
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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