White-tailed Giant Rat

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The giant white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus) is an Australian rodent native to tropical rainforest of north Queensland, Australia with subspecies occurring in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. It is one of the largest rodents in Australia, reaching up to 1 kg in weight. It is grey-brown above, cream to white below, and has a long, naked tail of which the distal section is white (Moore 1995).

Uromys es un género de roedores miomorfos de la familia Muridae. Son endémicos de Australasia. ​ Especies Se reconocen las siguientes:​ Uromys anak Thomas, 1907 Uromys boeadii Groves & Flannery, 1994 Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) Uromys emmae Groves & Flannery, 1994 Uromys hadrourus (Winter, 1983) †Uromys imperator (Thomas, 1888) Uromys neobritannicus Tate & Archbold, 1935 Uromys nero Thomas, 1913 Uromys porculus Thomas, 1904 Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888) Uromys scaphax Thomas, 1913 Uromys siebersi Thomas, 1923 Uromys vika​ Lavery & Judge, 2017 Referencias Enlaces externos…