Hispaniolan edible rat

Hispaniolan edible rat
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Genus:	†Brotomys
Species:	†B. voratus
Binomial name
	†Brotomys voratus; Miller, 1916

The Hispaniolan edible rat (Brotomys voratus) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.^[2] It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

This species is known from a single report from Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdez, who documented an animal called the mohuy, similar to living spiny rats.

References

^ Turvey, S.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Brotomys voratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2008. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[1] Turvey, S.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Brotomys voratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2008. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

[MSW3-2] Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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