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GBIF·2439816speciesAnimalia1,480 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyEchimyidae
  6. ›genusBrotomys
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IUCN EX · Extinct

Hispaniolan Edible Rat

Brotomys voratus Miller, 1916

Also calledDominikanische Stachelratte (deu) · Hispaniola-Stachelratte (deu) · hispaniolanherkkurotta (fin) · hispaniolek jadalny (pol) · koro dominikánský (ces) · ヒスパニオラホラアナネズミ (jpn)

First described in: Smithson Misc. Coll. vol.66 12 p.7

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

materials_examined

Type Locality: Dominican Republic, San Pedro de Macoris, (kitchen midden).

Order Rodentia - Family Echimyidae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Haiti, Dominican Republic, and La Gonave Island.

Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi

materials_examined

TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republic, San Pedro de Macorfs, (kitchin midden).

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 2439816.