The Antillean cave rat (Heteropsomys antillensis) is an extinct species of spiny rat of the genus Heteropsomys that was native to Puerto Rico.[1]
| Antillean cave rat Temporal range: Quaternary
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | †Heteropsomys |
| Species: | †H. antillensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Heteropsomys antillensis Anthony, 1916
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References edit
- Notes
- ^ Wilson & Reeder. "Heteropsomys antillensis". Mammal Species of the World - Third Edition. Bucknell University. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- Sources
- Turvey, ST; Oliver, JR; Narganes Storde, YM; Rye, P (22 April 2007). "Late Holocene extinction of Puerto Rican native land mammals". Biology Letters. 3 (2): 193–196. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0585. PMC 2375922. PMID 17251123.
- "Taxon profile: Insular Cave Rat". Retrieved 2012-06-15.
- Turvey, S.; Helgen, K. (2016). "Heteropsomys insulans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10025A22205961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10025A22205961.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- "New fossil rodents from Porto Rico; with additional notes on Elasmodontomys obliquus Anthony and Heteropsomys insulans Anthony". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 37. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
- "Heteropsomys insulans : insular cave rat : classification". Retrieved 2012-06-15.
- "American spiny rat". Britannica. Retrieved 2012-06-15.