Buka Island solomys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Solomys |
Species: | S. spriggsarum |
Binomial name | |
Solomys spriggsarum Flannery and Wickler, 1990 |
The Buka Island solomys (Solomys spriggsarum), also known as the Buka naked-tailed rat or Buka Island naked-tailed rat, is an extinct species of rodent known only from subfossil remains. This species occurred on Buka Island, the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville.