Bismarck giant rat

The Bismarck giant rat is a rodent with the scientific name Uromys neobritannicus. It belongs to the family Muridae and the genus Uromys, which holds the giant rats of New Guinea and nearby islands. The species is endemic to the island of New Britain, which is part of Papua New Guinea, so it occurs nowhere else in the world. The common name refers to the Bismarck Archipelago, of which New Britain is the largest island. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility records its IUCN Red List category as Near Threatened, which means it is close to qualifying for a threatened category. The main encyclopedia article on it is very brief and gives its classification and its island range.