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Uromys; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
	Uromys caudimaculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Uromys; Peters, 1867
Type species
	Mus macropus;
Species
	11, see below

Uromys is a genus of rodents found in Melanesia and Australia. They are known as the giant naked-tailed rats. There are eleven species in the genus, with the most recent described in 2017.

Species

Giant naked-tailed rat, Uromys anak Thomas, 1907
Biak giant rat, Uromys boeadii Groves & Flannery, 1994
Giant white-tailed rat, Uromys caudimaculatus Krefft, 1867
Emma's giant rat, Uromys emmae Groves & Flannery, 1994
Masked white-tailed rat, Uromys hadrourus Winter, 1983
Emperor rat, Uromys imperator Thomas, 1888
Bismarck giant rat, Uromys neobritannicus Tate & Archbold, 1935
Guadalcanal rat, Uromys porculus Thomas, 1904
King rat, Uromys rex Thomas, 1888
Great Key Island giant rat, Uromys siebersi Thomas, 1923
Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika Lavery & Judge, 2017^[2]

References

^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Lavery, T. H.; Judge, H.; A new species of giant rat (Muridae, Uromys) from Vangunu, Solomon Islands, Journal of Mammalogy, gyx116, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx116

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[1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Lavery, T. H.; Judge, H.; A new species of giant rat (Muridae, Uromys) from Vangunu, Solomon Islands, Journal of Mammalogy, gyx116, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx116

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