Papagomys is a genus of very large rats in the tribe Rattini of the subfamily Murinae. It contains two species, which are known only from the Indonesian island of Flores:[1]
Both species have records extending to the early Late Pleistocene.[2]
Papagomys is a genus of very large rats in the tribe Rattini of the subfamily Murinae. It contains two species, which are known only from the Indonesian island of Flores:
Flores giant rat Papagomys armandvillei Verhoeven's giant tree rat Papagomys theodorverhoeveni (extinct)Both species have records extending to the early Late Pleistocene.