Flores Long-nosed Rat

Taxobox
name = "Paulamys naso"


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Eutheria
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Paulamys"
genus_authority = Musser, 1986
species = "P. naso"
binomial = "Paulamys naso"
binomial_authority = (Musser, 1981)

The Flores Long-nosed Rat ("Paulamys naso") was assessed to be extinct in 1996. This species is only to be confirmed to have existed by subfossil fragments. The subfossil fragments were found in Flores Island, Indonesia, so is thought to have previously resided there. It is the only member of the genus "Paulamys".

External links

* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16426/all IUCN Red List]