Brotomys

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Brotomys
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: †Heteropsomyinae
Genus: Brotomys
Miller, 1916
Species

Brotomys contractus
Brotomys voratus

Brotomys is an extinct genus of rodent in the Echimyidae family.[1] It contains the following species:

  • Haitian Edible Rat (Brotomys contractus)
  • Hispaniolan Edible Rat (Brotomys voratus)

References

  1. Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
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