Emma's giant rat

Emma's uromys or Emma's giant rat (Uromys emmae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[1][2] It is only known from Owi Island, a small island of about 1 square kilometer in area, located some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Biak Island, Indonesia.

Emma’s uromys[1]
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Uromys
Species:	U. emmae
Binomial name
Uromys emmae Groves and Flannery, 1994