Buka Island solomys
Extinct species of rodent
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The Buka Island solomys (Solomys spriggsarum), also known as the Buka naked-tailed rat[2] or Buka Island naked-tailed rat, is an extinct species of rodent known only from subfossil remains.[3] This species occurred on Buka Island, the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville.
| Buka Island solomys Temporal range: Early Holocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Solomys |
| Species: | †S. spriggsarum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Solomys spriggsarum Flannery and Wickler, 1990[1] | |
