Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1499

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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scientific name	Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957
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Spelaeomys florensis Hooijer 1957 , Zool. Meded. Leiden, 35: 306.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Palau Flores, Manggarai Province, Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km S Lepa.

Vernacular Names: Flores Island Spelaeomys.

Distribution: Known only from Flores Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: A large-bodied, probably arboreal frugivore and folivore represented only by subfossil fragments (3000-4000 years old). The species may still live on Flores, possibly other nearby islands, and should be sought in any remnants of tropical evergreen rainforest.