Cuban coney
Cuban coney | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Tribe: | Capromyini |
Genus: | Geocapromys |
Species: | †G. columbianus
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Binomial name | |
†Geocapromys columbianus |
The Cuban coney (Geocapromys columbianus) is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats were lowlands moist forests, xeric shrublands and rocky areas. Some scientists indicate that this species may have survived and coexisted with introduced species from the Old World until approximately 1500, while others indicate that it became extinct earlier in the Holocene.[1]
Sources[]
- Gippoliti[who?], S. 2002.
- ^ a b Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2018). "Geocapromys columbianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T9004A22186798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T9004A22186798.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Notes on birds and mammals observed near Trinidad, Cuba ; with remarks on the origin of West Indian bird-life. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 4, article 16.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Geocapromys
- Holocene extinctions
- Extinct rodents
- Extinct animals of Cuba
- Fossil taxa described in 1892
- Mammals described in 1892
- Mammals of the Caribbean
- Endemic fauna of Cuba
- Rodent stubs