Haitian Edible Rat[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | †Brotomys |
Species: | †B. contractus |
Binomial name | |
†Brotomys contractus Miller, 1929 |
The Haitian Edible Rat (Brotomys contractus) is an extinct species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It was found in Haiti. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
A specimen was found in a cave near St. Michel.[2]