King rat | |
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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. rex
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Binomial name | |
Uromys rex (
Thomas, 1888)
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The king rat (Uromys rex), or rat king, is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. [1] [2] Like the two other species of rodent in Guadalcanal, it is placed in the genus Uromys. [3] It lives in trees and is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator. [2]