Solomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. These large rats, which are all seriously threatened (one already extinct), are native to the Solomon Islands.

It contains the following species:

• Poncelet's giant rat (Solomys ponceleti)

• Florida naked-tailed rat (Solomys salamonis)

• Bougainville naked-tailed rat (Solomys salebrosus)

• Isabel naked-tailed rat (Solomys sapientis)

• Buka Island naked-tailed rat (Solomys spriggsarum) – extinct, known only from subfossil remains.

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