Megalomys luciae

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Megalomys luciae

Species Authority

(Forsyth Major, 1901)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Santa Lucian Pilorie, Santa Lucia Giant Rice Rat

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 because it has not been recorded since the before the year 1881.

History:

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

Range Description:	This species was known from St. Lucia.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Saint Lucia

Population:	Extinct.

Population:

Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology:	Unknown.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Presumable went extinct due to mongoose introductions, as the last historical record slightly predates the introduction of the mongoose.

Major Threat(s):

Presumable went extinct due to mongoose introductions, as the last historical record slightly predates the introduction of the mongoose.

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Citation:	Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. Megalomys luciae. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 November 2008.
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