Brotomys voratus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	ECHIMYIDAE

Scientific Name:	Brotomys voratus
Species Authority:	Miller, 1916
Common Name/s: English – Hispaniolan Edible Rat

Assessment Information [top]

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)
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.
History:	1996 – Extinct 1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

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 [top]

Population:

Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Not known.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Driven to extinction by introduced rats. Was hunted by Arawak Indians prior to European arrival.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None.