Heteropsomys insulans
H. E. Anthony, 1916
Insular Cave Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Octodontoidea |
| Family | : Echimyidae |
| Subfamily | : Heteropsomyinae |
| Genus | : Heteropsomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Anthony, H.E. 1916-08-09. Preliminary report on fossil mammals from Porto Rico, with descriptions of a new genus of ground sloth and two new genera of hystricomorph rodents. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 27:193-203.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35425498Original name as described
Heteropsomys insulans
Type material
AMNH FM-14172
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Cueva de la Ceiba, near Utuado, Puerto Rico.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Puerto Rico
Taxonomy notes
H. antillensis is tentatively recognized as a distinct species, although further studies are needed to determine the authenticity of this arrangement
Taxonomy notes citation
Turvey, S. T., Kennerley, R. J., Nuñez-Miño, J. M., & Young, R. P. (2017). The last survivors: current status and conservation of the non-volant land mammals of the insular Caribbean. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(4), 918-936.
IUCN Red List status
Extinct
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