Poncelet's giant rat or Poncelet's naked-tailed rat (''Solomys ponceleti'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

in the family Muridae. It is found in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

and

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

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* Solomys Rats of Asia Rodents of Oceania Rodents of New Guinea Mammals of the Solomon Islands Rodents of Indonesia Critically endangered fauna of Asia Critically endangered fauna of Oceania Mammals described in 1935 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton {{Murinae-stub