| Great Key Island uromys[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Uromys |
| Species: | U. siebersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Uromys siebersi Thomas, 1923
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The Great Key Island giant rat, or Great Key Island uromys (Uromys siebersi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is known only from Great Key Island, Indonesia.
The species name is after the ornithologist H. C. Siebers.
- ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Uromys siebersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136493A115209020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136493A22446733.en. Retrieved 5 September 2024.