Brotomys

Brotomys

Taxobox
name = "Brotomys"
fossil_range = Pleistocene - Recent


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Echimyidae
subfamilia = Heteropsomyinae
genus = "Brotomys"
genus_authority = Miller, 1916
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Brotomys contractus"
"Brotomys voratus"

"Brotomys" is a genus of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It contains the following species:
* Haitian Edible Rat ("Brotomys contractus")
* Hispaniolan Edible Rat ("Brotomys voratus")

References

*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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