Boromys torrei

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	ECHIMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Boromys torrei

Species Authority:

Allen, 1917

Common Name/s:

English

–

Torre’s Cave Rat, Torre's Cave Rat

Assessment Information [top]

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)

Justification:
Listed as Extinct. The species is known from recent fossil deposits which also contain rats, suggesting that it persisted until the modern era and that the extinction followed the arrival of European settlers.

History:

1996	–	Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Extinct (IUCN)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was known from Cuba.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Cuba

Population [top]

Population:	Extinct.

Population:

Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown, but the extinction likely followed the introduction of rats.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown, but the extinction likely followed the introduction of rats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None

Conservation Actions:

None

Citation:	Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. Boromys torrei. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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