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Solomon Island Giant Rats
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Solomon Island Giant Rats

Solomys

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.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Isabel Giant Rat

speciesSolomys sapientis

Buka Island Giant Rat

speciesSolomys spriggsarum

Bougainville Giant Rat

speciesSolomys salebrosus

Poncelet's Giant Rat

speciesSolomys ponceleti

Florida Giant Rat

speciesSolomys salamonis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45473.