Neotoma (Neotoma) martinensis Goldman 1905

Neotoma (Neotoma) martinensis Goldman 1905, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 18: 28.

Type Locality: México, Baja California Norte, San Martín Isl.

Vernacular Names: San Martin Woodrat.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Subgenus Neotoma, lepida species group ( sensu Edwards and Bradley, 2002 b). Listed as nominal species of N. lepida group by Goldman (1932); also see Mascarello (1978). Not collected since 1963, possibly extinct due to domestic cat predation (see Alvarez-Castañeda and Cortés-Calva, 1999). See Cortés-Calva et al. (2001, Mammalian Species, 657).