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Great Key Island giant rat

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The Great Key Island giant rat (Uromys siebersi), also called the Great Key Island uromys, is a rodent in the family Muridae that is known only from Great Key Island in Indonesia. Its species name honours the ornithologist H. C. Siebers. The Mammal Diversity Database credits the species to O. Thomas, who described it in 1923 in a paper titled A new Uromys from the Kei Islands, and gives the type locality as Gunung Daab on Pulau Kai Besar, which is Great Key Island, in Maluku Tengah. It places the species in the genus Uromys within the tribe Hydromyini, assigns it to the Australasian biogeographic realm and lists its IUCN Red List status as Not Evaluated.

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Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 1
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Muridae, Taxa
Source Great Key Island giant rat (Wikipedia)
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Source Great Key Island giant rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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It is known only from Great Key Island, Indonesia.
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1. Mammal Diversity Database: Uromys siebersi (Mammal Diversity Database)
Mammal Diversity Database
  • IUCN Red List status
    Not Evaluated
  • Species status
    Living
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Great Key Island giant rat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, range
    It is known only from Great Key Island, Indonesia.
  • In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead
    is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
  • Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
    is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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