Montane hutia

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Montane hutia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus:† Isolobodon
Species:
†I. montanus
Binomial name
†Isolobodon montanus
(Miller, 1922)

The montane hutia (Isolobodon montanus) is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). [2]

History

The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus Rattus , which suggests that the montane hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to competition from introduced rodents. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2018). "Isolobodon montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T10859A22186956. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10859A22186956.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Isolobodon montanus (G. S. Miller, 1922)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Piper, Ross (2009). Extinct animals: an encyclopedia of species that have disappeared during human history. Greenwood Press. ISBN   978-0-313-34987-4. OCLC   268789581.


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