Anthony's Woodrat

Anthony's Woodrat
Anthony's Woodrat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Neotoma
Species: N. anthonyi
Binomial name
Neotoma anthonyi
J.A Allen, 1898

Anthony's Woodrat (Neotoma anthonyi) was a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was found only on Isla Todos Santos in Baja California Norte, Mexico. It is believed they were driven to extinction through predation from feral cats.

References

  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). Neotoma anthonyi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.



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