Puerto Rican Cave Rat
Heteropsomys insulans Anthony, 1916
Also calledkoro ostrovní (ces) · pieczarowiec portorykański (pol) · puertoriconluolarotta (fin) · プエルトリコホラアナネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann New York Acad. Sci. vol.27 p.202
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Nearly as large in body size as the Hispaniolan Hutia Plagiodontia aedium.
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Puerto Rico, Cueva de la Ceiba, Hacienda Jobo (near Utuado).
Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Nearly as large in body size as the Hispaniolan Hutia Plagiodontia aedium.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Puerto Rico, Cueva de la Ceiba, Hacienda Jobo (near Utuado).
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439793.