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Heteropsomys insulans (insular cave rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The insular cave rat (Heteropsomys insulans) is an extinct species of spiny rat native to Puerto Rico.
View Wikipedia Record: Heteropsomys insulans

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Heteropsomys insulans

Attributes

Forages - Ground [1]  100 %
Nocturnal [1]  Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0