| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | ECHIMYIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Brotomys voratus | |||
| Species Authority: | Miller, 1916 | |||
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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. This species went extinct soon after European arrival. This species is also known from relatively recent fossil remains, some of which have been dated to the modern historical era. |
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| History: |
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| Range Description: | This species was known from Hispaniola. The only report of this species is from Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdez who lived on the island from 1536 to 1546 and documented an animal called the Mohuy that matches the description of living spiny rats. |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
Dominican Republic; Haiti
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| Population: | Extinct. |
| Habitat and Ecology: | Not known. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Driven to extinction by introduced rats. Was hunted by Arawak Indians prior to European arrival. |
| Conservation Actions: | None. |
| Citation: | Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. Brotomys voratus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009. |
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