Boromys offella

G. S. Miller, 1916

Oriente Cave Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Heteropsomyinae
Genus : Boromys

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1916-12-07. Bones of mammals from Indian sites in Cuba and Santo Domingo. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 66(12):1-10.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837615

Original name as described

Boromys offella

Type material

USNM:PAL:367233 (= USNM:MAMM:217138)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c28b6d51-c040-4bc7-a4ad-2d47a6798ba6

Type locality

Maisí, Baracoa, Oriente Province, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001486

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Boromys offella

G. S. Miller, 1916

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

offella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:PAL:367233 (= USNM:MAMM:217138)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c28b6d51-c040-4bc7-a4ad-2d47a6798ba6

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837615

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2885/22206052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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