King rat (animal)

For other uses, see King Rat (disambiguation) and Rat King (disambiguation).

The king rat (Uromys rex), or rat king, is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.^[1][2] Like the two other species of rodent in Guadalcanal, it is placed in the genus Uromys.^[3] It lives in trees and is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator.^[2]

King rat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Uromys
Species:	U. rex
Binomial name
Uromys rex (Thomas, 1888)