Oriente Cave Rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Genus: | †Boromys |
Species: | †B. offella |
Binomial name | |
†Boromys offella Miller, 1916 |
The Oriente Cave Rat (Boromys offella) was a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is known from recent fossil records, and may have become extinct with the introduction of other rats.