Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1499

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335604

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scientific name

Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957
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Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957 View in CoL

Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957 View in CoL , Zool. Meded. Leiden, 35: 306.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Palau Flores, Manggarai Province, Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km S Lepa.

Vernacular Names: Flores Island Spelaeomys.

Distribution: Known only from Flores Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: A large-bodied, probably arboreal frugivore and folivore represented only by subfossil fragments (3000-4000 years old). The species may still live on Flores, possibly other nearby islands, and should be sought in any remnants of tropical evergreen rainforest.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Spelaeomys

Loc

Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Spelaeomys florensis

Hooijer 1957: 306
1957
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