Emma's giant rat

Emma's uromys or Emma's giant rat (Uromys emmae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[1][2] It is only known from Owi Island, a small island of the size of about one square kilometer some 5km South of Biak Island, Indonesia.

Emma’s uromys[1]
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Uromys
Species:	U. emmae
Binomial name
Uromys emmae Groves and Flannery, 1994

References

1. 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. p. 1515. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Wright, D.; Leary, T. (2016). "Uromys emmae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136470A22447368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136470A22447368.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.