Papagomys theodorverhoeveni
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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RODENTIA
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Family:
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MURIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Papagomys theodorverhoeveni
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Species Authority:
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Musser, 1981
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Common Name/s:
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VERHOEVEN'S GIANT TREE RAT (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Baillie, J.
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Justification:
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MacPhee and Flemming (1999) consider this species to have become extinct before 1500 AD. The species is known only from subfossil fragments found on Flores Island, Indonesia. P. theodorverhoeveni may be removed from the Red List on this basis, however, the matter has been referred to the relevant Specialist Group for a decision.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Indonesia
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Habitat and Ecology
Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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MacPhee, R.D.E. and Flemming, C. 1999. Requiem Æternam. The last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp.333-371. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
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