Uromys
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 Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Uromys caudimaculatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Uromys Peters, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Mus macropus | |
| Species | |
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11, see below | |
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