Megalomys

Megalomys
Megalomys desmarestii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Oryzomyini
Genus:	†Megalomys Trouessart, 1881
Species
†Megalomys audreyae †Megalomys curazensis †Megalomys desmarestii †Megalomys luciae

Megalomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae, part of the tribe Oryzomyini. The genus contains four large rodents from various Caribbean islands, all of which are now extinct. The last species to survive was M. desmarestii from Martinique, which went extinct after the Mount Pelée eruption in 1902.

It contains the following species:

• Megalomys audreyae (Barbuda)
• Megalomys curazensis (Curaçao)
• Megalomys desmarestii (Martinique)
• Megalomys luciae (Saint Lucia)

References

• Extinct species section of the Joint Science department, Claremont college