The king rat, Uromys rex, also called the rat king, is a large rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Guadalcanal, an island of the Solomon Islands, and it lives in trees. Like the two other rodent species of Guadalcanal it belongs to the genus Uromys, and among them it is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator. The source article gives only this short outline, so its diet, breeding and conservation status are not stated here.
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It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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It lives in trees
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It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae
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is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae
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