Buka Island solomys

The Buka Island solomys (Solomys spriggsarum), also known as the Buka naked-tailed rat^[2] or Buka Island naked-tailed rat, is an extinct species of rodent known only from subfossil remains.^[3] This species occurred on Buka Island, the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville.

Buka Island solomys Temporal range: Early Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Solomys
Species:	†S. spriggsarum
Binomial name
†Solomys spriggsarum Flannery and Wickler, 1990[1]