The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Spelaeomys florensis

 – Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: RODENTIA
Family: MURIDAE
Scientific Name: Spelaeomys florensis
Species Authority: Hooijer, 1957
Common Name/s:
EnglishFLORES CAVE RAT

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: EX    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Baillie, J.
Justification: MacPhee and Flemming (1999) consider this species to have become extinct before 1500 AD. The species is known only from subfossil fragments. S. florensis may be removed from the Red List on this basis, however, the matter has been referred to the relevant Specialist Group for a final decision.

Geographic Range

Countries: Regionally extinct:

Indonesia

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Citation: Baillie, J. 1996. Spelaeomys florensis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 September 2008.
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