Uromys

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Uromys

| fossil_range = Early Pleistocene to Recent

| image = Giant White-tailed Rat.jpg

| image_caption = Uromys caudimaculatus

| taxon = Uromys

| authority = Peters, 1867

| type_species = Mus macropus{{MSW3|id=13001853}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 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

References

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{{Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)}}

{{Myomorpha|E.|state=collapsed}}

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Category:Rodent genera

Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters

Category:Extant Pleistocene first appearances

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