| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Capromyidae |
| Scientific Name: | Hexolobodon phenax | |||
| Species Authority: | Miller, 1929 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2008 |
| Date Assessed: | 2008-06-30 |
| 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. 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. |
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| Range Description: | This species was known from Hispaniola. |
| Countries occurrence: | Regionally extinct: Dominican Republic; Haiti |
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| Population: | Extinct. | ||
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Not known. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Not known. |
| Conservation Actions: | None. |
| Citation: | Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. Hexolobodon phenax. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T10034A3156174. . Downloaded on 28 September 2016. |
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