HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Heptaxodontidae
--> SUBFAMILY Clidomyinae
--> GENUS Clidomys
SPECIES Clidomys osborni
Author: | Anthony, 1920. | Citation: | Bull Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 42: 469. | Common Name: | Osborn’s Key Mouse | Type Locality: | Jamaica, Balaclava, Wallingford Roadside Cave. | Distribution: | Jamaica. | Status: | Extinct. | Comments: | C. parvus is here synomized with C. osborni based on Morgan and Wilkins (2003), who noted the wide size range of C. osborni specimens from Slue's Cave, Jamaica. They interpreted this size range to indicate that C. osborni is the only valid species of Clidomys present in Jamaica. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cundalli (Anthony, 1920) jamaicensis (Anthony, 1920) major (Anthony, 1920) parvus (Anthony, 1920)
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