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.
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, 2017Lavery, T. H.; Judge, H.; A new species of giant rat (Muridae, Uromys) from Vangunu, Solomon Islands, Journal of Mammalogy, gyx116, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx116
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