Megalomys desmarestii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA RODENTIA CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name: Megalomys desmarestii
Species Authority
Infra-specific Authority: (J. Fischer, 1829)
Common Name/s:
English – Desmarest’s Pilorie, Antillean Giant Rice 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 as it has not been found since approximately 1897.
History:
1996 – Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

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

Population [top]

Population: Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Very little known, possibly occurred in forest and plantations in the 19th Century.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Most likely extinct due to the introduction of mongoose - although it has been suggested that the eruption of Mt. Pele in 1902 might have played a role in its final decline.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: None.
Citation: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 October 2008.
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