Category
page 1Mammals described in 1957
Black dorcopsis
species of mammal
Santander dwarf squirrel
species of mammal
Eisentraut's Shrew
species of mammal
Doucet's Musk Shrew
species of mammal
Alcorn's pocket gopher
species of mammal
Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum
species of mammal
Pipistrellus permixtus
species of mammal
Miniopterus shortridgei
species of mammal
Trachypithecus leucocephalus
species of mammal
Newfoundland black bear
subspecies of bear
Bettongia anhydra
extinct species of mammal
Arctic reindeer
subspecies of deer
Spelaeomys
Spelaeomys florensis, also known as the Flores cave rat, is an extinct species of rat that was formerly endemic to the island of Flores, Indonesia. and Flemming assessed this species to be extinct in 1996, but believed it probably died out before 1500. This specimen is only known from subfossil remains, including at Liang Bua cave. It is the only member of the genus Spelaeomys. It was large sized species with a body mass of around . It is suggested to have been arboreal animal that lived in closed forests, and to have been herbivorous, consuming leaves and flowers.