Megalomys luciae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:	Megalomys luciae
Species Authority:	(Forsyth Major, 1901)
Common Name/s: English – Santa Lucian Pilorie, Santa Lucia Giant Rice Rat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2008
Assessor/s:	Turvey, S. & Helgen, K.
Reviewer/s:	McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority)
Justification: Listed as Extinct because it has not been recorded since the before the year 1881.
History:	1996 – Extinct 1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was known from St. Lucia.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Saint Lucia

Population [top]

Population:

Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Unknown.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Presumably went extinct due to mongoose introductions, as the last historical record slightly predates the introduction of the mongoose.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).