Emma’s uromys[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Uromys |
Species: | U. emmae
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Binomial name | |
Uromys emmae Groves and Flannery, 1994
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Emma's uromys or Emma's giant rat (Uromys emmae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is only known from Owi Island, a small island of the size of about one square kilometer some 5km South of Biak Island, Indonesia.