King rat (animal)
Species of rodent
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The king rat (Uromys rex), or rat king, is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.[1][2] Like the two other species of rodent in Guadalcanal, it is placed in the genus Uromys.[3] It lives in trees and is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator.[2]
| King rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Uromys |
| Species: | U. rex |
| Binomial name | |
| Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888) | |
