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Boromys offella (Oriente cave rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Oriente cave rat (Boromys offella) was a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.It was endemic to Cuba.Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is known from recent fossil records, and may have become extinct with the introduction of other rats.
View Wikipedia Record: Boromys offella

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Boromys offella

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