The Ugi naked-tailed rat (Solomys salamonis) is a poorly known and possibly extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is known from a single specimen collected on Ugi Island in the Solomon Islands.
The Ugi naked-tailed rat is the smallest species within the genus Solomys. It has a snout-vent-length of 187 mm. The tail length is 194 mm, the hind food length is 39 mm and the ear length 27 mm.[2] The general colour of the fur is light ashy grey, somewhat grizzly, and pencilled with black. The base of the hair is mouse colour. The tips are almost white. The tail is bare and scaly. The blackish whiskers are long. The ears are small, inside grey, on the outside covered with minute hairs.[3]
Type localityedit
Originally described from Ugi Island, there has long been confusion as to whether the specimen was from there or from Florida Island, some 210 km distant from Ugi. Lavery showed that the original description was correct, and that the sole specimen was collected on Ugi Island. [4]
Conservation statusedit
This species might be extinct as it is only known by the holotype, an adult male, collected by Alexander Morton from the Australian Museum during the HMS Cormorant expedition to the Solomon Islands in 1881.[5] A brief survey on Ugi in 2012 failed to find any individuals, but at the time of the survey original forest still occurred, giving some hope that the species may yet be extant.[4]
Referencesedit
^Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Solomys salamonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20334A22430021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T20334A22430021.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^Flannery, T.F. 1995. Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands. Chatswood: Reed Books. ISBN0-7301-0417-6
^Ramsay, E.P. 1883. On a new species of Mus from the island of Ugi, Solomon Group. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7:43–44.
^ abLavery, T.H. 2013. A reassessment of the type locality of the giant rat Solomys salamonis (Rodentia : Muridae) from the Solomon Islands. Australian Mammalogy 36(1):99-102.
^Troughton, E. Le G. 1936. A redescription of Solomys ("Mus") salamonis Ramsay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61:128–130.
Further readingedit
Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
External linksedit
Murid Rodents of the Solomon Islands Chain
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