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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Echimyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Heteropsomyinae
--> GENUS Heteropsomys
SPECIES Heteropsomys insulans
| Author: | Anthony, 1916. | | Citation: | Ann New York Acad. Sci., 27: 202. | | Common Name: | Puerto Rican Cave Rat | | Type Locality: | Puerto Rico, Cueva de la Ceiba, Hacienda Jobo (near Utuado). | | Distribution: | Puerto Rico in cave deposits. | | Status: | Extinct. | | Comments: | Nearly as large in body size as the Hispaniolan Hutia Plagiodontia aedium. |
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