| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | CRICETIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Megalomys luciae | |||
| Species Authority: | (Forsyth Major, 1901) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 | ||||||
| Year Published: | 2008 | ||||||
| Assessor/s: | Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. | ||||||
| Reviewer/s: | McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) | ||||||
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Justification: Listed as Extinct because it has not been recorded since the before the year 1881. |
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| History: |
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| Range Description: | This species was known from St. Lucia. |
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Regionally extinct:
Saint Lucia
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| Population: | Extinct. |
| Habitat and Ecology: | Unknown. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Presumably went extinct due to mongoose introductions, as the last historical record slightly predates the introduction of the mongoose. |
| Conservation Actions: | None. |
| Citation: | Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. Megalomys luciae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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