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Uromys boeadii Groves & Flannery

Biak Giant Rat (Uromys boeadii)

The Biak Giant Rat was described in 1994, the species is known from a single male specimen that had been collected in 1963 on the island of Biak in the New Guinean part of Indonesia.

The species reached a total length of nearly 50 cm, including the tail.

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The Biak Giant Rat is officially listed as ‘Critically Endangered’ but given the amount of deforestation on its island home it most likely is already extinct.

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edited: 06.05.2019