Solomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. These large rats, which are all seriously threatened (one already extinct), are native to the Solomon Islands.
It contains the following species:
- Poncelet’s giant rat (Solomys ponceleti)
- Florida naked-tailed rat (Solomys salamonis)
- Bougainville naked-tailed rat (Solomys salebrosus)
- Isabel naked-tailed rat (Solomys sapientis)
- Buka Island naked-tailed rat (Solomys spriggsarum) – extinct, known only from subfossil remains.
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
