Heteropsomys antillensis
(H. E. Anthony, 1917)
Antillean 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. 1917. New fossil rodents from Porto Rico, with additional notes on _Elasmodontomys obliquus_ Anthony and _Heteropsomys insulans_ Anthony. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(4):183-189.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1335Original name as described
Homopsomys antillensis
Type material
AMNH FM-17102
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Cave at Utuado, Puerto Rico.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Puerto Rico
Taxonomy notes
tentatively recognized as a distinct species from H. insulans, 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
Not Evaluated
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