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]
| Montane hutia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | †Isolobodon |
| Species: | †I. montanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Isolobodon montanus (Miller, 1922)
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History
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2018). "Isolobodon montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T10859A22186956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10859A22186956.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Piper, Ross (2009). Extinct animals : an encyclopedia of species that have disappeared during human history. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34987-4. OCLC 268789581.
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