| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | CRICETIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Megalomys desmarestii | |||
| Species Authority: | (J. Fischer, 1829) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 | ||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | ||||||
| Assessor/s | Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. | ||||||
| Evaluator/s: | McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) | ||||||
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Justification: Listed as Extinct as it has not been found since approximately 1897. |
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| History: |
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| Range Description: | This species was known from Martinique. |
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Regionally extinct:
Martinique
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| Population: | Extinct. |
| Habitat and Ecology: | Very little known, possibly occurred in forest and plantations in the 19th Century. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Most likely extinct due to the introduction of mongoose - although it has been suggested that the eruption of Mt. Pele in 1902 might have played a role in its final decline. |
| Conservation Actions: | None. |
| Citation: | Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. Megalomys desmarestii. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009. |
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