Flores cave rat
The Flores cave rat (Spelaeomys florensis) lived on Flores Island, Indonesia. MacPhee and Flemming assessed this species to be extinct in 1996, but believed it probably died out before 1500. This specimen is only known from a few subfossil fragments. It is the only member of the genus Spelaeomys.[1]
| Flores cave rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | †Spelaeomys Hooijer, 1957 |
| Species: | †S. florensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer, 1957 | |
References
- D. A. HOOIJER (23 december 1957). NEW GIANT PREHISTORIC RATS FROM FLORES LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS. ZOOLOGISCHE MEDEDELINGEN XXXV , No. 21
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