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Twisted-toothed mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
†Heptaxodontidae
Genus:
†Quemisia

Miller, 1929
Species:
†Q. gravis
Binomial name
Quemisia gravis
Miller, 1929

The twisted-toothed mouse (Quemisia gravis), also known as the twisted-toothed giant hutia[2] is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae.[2] It is monotypic within the genus Quemisia.[2] It was found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. ^ Baillie, J. 1996. Quemisia gravis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
  2. ^ a b c 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. p. 1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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