Megalomys luciae
Extinct species of rodent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megalomys luciae, also known as the Saint Lucia pilorie[2] or Saint Lucia giant rice-rat,[1] as well as several variant spellings, is an extinct rodent that lived on the island of Saint Lucia in the eastern Caribbean.
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Megalomys luciae | |
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Stuffed specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | †Megalomys |
Species: | †M. luciae |
Binomial name | |
†Megalomys luciae (Forsyth Major, 1901) | |
Synonyms | |
Oryzomys luciae Major, 1901 |
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