Back Tovol (Solomys spriggsarum) AVK Solomys spriggsarum Catalan Solomys spriggsarum CEB Solomys spriggsarum German Solomys spriggsarum Basque Solomys spriggsarum French Solomys spriggsarum Italian Solomys spriggsarum Dutch Solomys spriggsarum Swedish Solomys spriggsarum Ukrainian
| Buka Island solomys Temporal range: Early Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Solomys |
| Species: | †S. spriggsarum
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| †Solomys spriggsarum Flannery and Wickler, 1990[1]
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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.
- ^ "Säugetiere Der Welt". Mammals-worldwide.info. Archived from the original on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ^ "The Sixth Extinction - A forum about the current biodiversity crisis - List of extinct rodents". Extinctanimals.proboards.com. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea Endemic Mammals Checklist". Lntreasures.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.