Antillean giant rice rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Species : Megalomys desmarestii
The Antillean giant rice rat is listed as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Antillean giant rice rat
A young / baby of a Antillean giant rice rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Antillean giant rice rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Martinique
Facts about the Antillean giant rice rat
The Antillean Giant Rice Rat (Megalomys desmarestii) is an extinct rice rat from Martinique in the Caribbean. (Wiki)
The only known endemic mammal from this ecoregion (Giant West Indian rice rat, Megalomys desmarestii) is presumed extinct (Honacki et al. (Full text)
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