Brotomys voratus Miller, 1916:7
Hispaniolan edible rat, mohuy
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: between 1536 and 1546; 1570 (Fisher & Blomberg, 2012)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Hispaniola (including La Gonave Island)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Cooke, Siobhán B. and Crowley, Brooke E. (2018). Deciphering the isotopic niches of now-extinct Hispaniolan rodents. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(5): e1510414. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2018.1510414
Cooke, Siobhán Bríghid and Crowley, Brooke Erin. (2022). New radiocarbon dates reveal pan-Holocene deposition of rodents at Trouing Jérémie #5, a sinkhole in the western Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti. The Holocene 32(9): 991-997. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221101279
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