Montane hutia
Montane hutia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | †Isolobodon |
Species: | †I. montanus
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Binomial name | |
†Isolobodon montanus (Miller, 1922)
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The montane hutia (Isolobodon montanus) is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
History[]
The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus Rattus, which suggests that the montane hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to competition from introduced rodents.[2]
References[]
- ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2018). "Isolobodon montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T10859A22186956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10859A22186956.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Piper, Ross. author. (2009). Extinct animals : an encyclopedia of species that have disappeared during human history. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34987-4. OCLC 268789581.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Isolobodon
- Rodent extinctions since 1500
- Mammals of Hispaniola
- Mammals of the Dominican Republic
- Mammals of Haiti
- Mammals of the Caribbean
- Extinct animals of Haiti
- Extinct animals of the Dominican Republic
- Mammals described in 1922
- Rodent stubs