The King Rat (Uromys rex) is a species of giant naked-tailed rat, rodents in the family Muridae endemic to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It is found in the Poha valley on Guadalcanal in the Solomons. It lives in trees. It is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator.
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