Megalomys luciae

Megalomys luciae
Stuffed specimen

Extinct (1881)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Megalomys
Species:
M. luciae
Binomial name
Megalomys luciae
Synonyms

Oryzomys luciae Major, 1901

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.

  1. ^ a b Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Megalomys luciae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T12981A22377126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T12981A22377126.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0