Lemke's hutia

Lemke's hutia
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to late Holocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Tribe: Plagiodontini
Genus: Rhizoplagiodontia
Woods, 1989
Species:
R. lemkei
Binomial name
Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei
Woods, 1989

Lemke's hutia (Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei) is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae.[1] It is monotypic within the genus Rhizoplagiodontia. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is thought to have gone extinct after European colonization of the islands.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei C. A. Woods, 1989". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-09-14.