Montane hutia

Extinct species of rodent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The montane hutia (Isolobodon montanus) is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti).[2]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Placentalia
Order:Rodentia
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Montane hutia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: †Isolobodon
Species:
†I. montanus
Binomial name
†Isolobodon montanus
(Miller, 1922)
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History

The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus Rattus, which suggests that the montane hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to competition from introduced rodents.[3]

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