Antillean cave rat Temporal range: Quaternary | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | † Heteropsomys |
Species: | †H. antillensis |
Binomial name | |
†Heteropsomys antillensis Anthony, 1916 |
The Antillean cave rat (Heteropsomys antillensis) is an extinct species of spiny rat of the genus Heteropsomys that was native to Puerto Rico. [1]