Papagomys
Encyclopedia
Papagomys is a genus of very large rats in the tribe Rattini of the subfamily Murinae
. It contains two species, which are known only from the Indonesian island of Flores:
Murinae
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. This subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the...
. It contains two species, which are known only from the Indonesian island of Flores:
- Flores Giant RatFlores Giant RatThe Flores Giant Rat is a rodent of the family Muridae that occurs on the island of Flores in Indonesia. It is found in primary, secondary and disturbed forest over a wide range of elevations...
Papagomys armandvillei - Verhoeven's Giant Tree RatVerhoeven's Giant Tree RatVerhoeven's Giant Tree Rat is an extinct rat of subfamily Murinae that lived on Flores in Indonesia. It was assessed as being extinct in 1996. However, experts believed that it died out before 1500 AD. The species is known only from several subfossil fragments. It was named after Dutch priest...
Papagomys theodorverhoeveni (extinct)
Literature cited
- Aplin, K.P. and Helgen, K.M. 2010. Quaternary murid rodents of Timor. Part I: New material of Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937, and description of a second species of the genus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 341:1–80.
- Zijlstra, J.S., Hoek Ostende, L.W. van den and Due, R.A. 2008. Verhoeven's giant rat of Flores (Papagomys theodorverhoeveni, Muridae) extinct after all? Contributions to Zoology 77(1):25–31.