Antillean cave rat

Antillean cave rat
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Hystricomorpha
Infraorder:	Hystricognathi
Parvorder:	Caviomorpha
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	†Heteropsomys
Species:	†H. antillensis
Binomial name
Heteropsomys antillensis Anthony, 1916

The antillean cave rat (Heteropsomys antillensis) is an extinct species of spiny rat of the genus Heteropsomys that was native to Puerto Rico.^[2]

References

Notes

1. Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. (2008). Heteropsomys insulans. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
2. Wilson and Reeder. "Heteropsomys antillensis". Mammal Species of the World - Third Edition. Bucknell University. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

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