''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 (animal), King rat, ''Uromys rex'' Thomas, 1888 *Great Key Island giant rat, ''Uromys siebersi'' Thomas, 1923 *Vangunu giant rat, ''Uromys vika'' Lavery & Judge, 2017Lavery, T. H.; Judge, H.; A new species of giant rat (Muridae, ''Uromys'') from Vangunu, Solomon Islands, ''Journal of Mammalogy'', gyx116, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx116

References

Uromys, Rodent genera Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Extant Pleistocene first appearances {{Murinae-stub