Heteropsomys antillensis Anthony, 1917:187
Antillean cave rat, Large Puerto Rican spiny rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Homopsomys antillensis Anthony, 1917:187
Heteropsomys antillensis Anthony, 1917 may be a synonym of H. insulans.
Conservation Status
Extinct or invalid
Distribution
Puerto Rico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Anthony, H. E. (1917). New fossil rodents from Porto Rico, with additional notes on Elasmodontomys obliquus Anthony and Heteropsomys insulans Anthony. Bulletin Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37: 183-189.
Other references:
Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Mancina, Carlos A., Woods, Charles A. and Kilpatrick, C. William. (2012). Checklist: Updated Checklist of Endemic Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies, pp. 389-415. In: Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Woods, Charles A. and Sergile, F. E. (eds.). Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies: Contributions. Gainesville, Florida: Florida Museum of Natural History and Wacahoota Press. 482 pp.
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
McFarlane, D. A. (1999). Late Quaternary Fossil Mammals and Last Occurrence dates from Caves at Barahona, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 35(3): 238-248.
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