| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | MURIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Coryphomys buehleri | |||
| Species Authority: | Schaub, 1937 | |||
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| Synonym/s: |
Coryphomys buhleri Schaub, 1937 [orth. error]
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Coryphomys buehleri is one of four species, each in its own genus, of giant rats (three have yet to be named and described) endemic to Timor; all are known only by subfossils (Glover 1986) and may be related to the New Guinea Old Endemics placed in the Pogonomys Group (Musser and Carleton 2005). | |||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||
| Assessor/s | Chiozza, F. | |||
| Evaluator/s: | Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) | |||
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Justification: Listed as Extinct as the species is known only from sub-fossil fragments found on Timor island, Indonesia. |
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| Range Description: | This species is known only by subfossil fragments collected at the type locality and from sites on Timor island (Glover 1986). |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
Indonesia
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| Range Map: |
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| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Unknown. |
| Citation: | Chiozza, F. 2008. Coryphomys buehleri. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 November 2009. |
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