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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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