Hispaniolan Edible Rat

Hispaniolan Edible Rat

Taxobox
name = Hispaniolan Edible Rat


status = EX
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Echimyidae
genus = "Brotomys"
species = "B. voratus"
binomial = "Brotomys voratus"
binomial_authority = Miller, 1916
synonyms =
The Hispaniolan Edible Rat ("Brotomys voratus") is an extinct species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3121/all Brotomys voratus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
*Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.


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