Uromys
Genus of rodents
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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.
| Uromys | |
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| Uromys caudimaculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Uromys Peters, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Mus macropus[1] | |
| Species | |
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11, see below | |
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, Uromys rex Thomas, 1888
- Great Key Island giant rat, Uromys siebersi Thomas, 1923
- Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika Lavery & Judge, 2017[2]
