Heteropsomys insulans Anthony 1916

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1575-1592 : 1592

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11347796

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scientific name

Heteropsomys insulans Anthony 1916
status

 

Heteropsomys insulans Anthony 1916 View in CoL

Heteropsomys insulans Anthony 1916 View in CoL , Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 27: 202.

Type Locality: Puerto Rico, Cueva de la Ceiba, Hacienda Jobo (near Utuado).

Vernacular Names: Puerto Rican Cave Rat.

Distribution: Puerto Rico in cave deposits.

Conservation: Extinct.

Discussion: Nearly as large in body size as the Hispaniolan Hutia Plagiodontia aedium .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Echimyidae

SubFamily

Heteropsomyinae

Genus

Heteropsomys