Lemke's hutia Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to late Holocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Tribe: | Plagiodontini |
Genus: | †Rhizoplagiodontia Woods, 1989 |
Species: |
†R. lemkei
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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 endemictoHispaniola (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]
Extant species of subfamily Capromyinae (Hutias) (formerly Capromyidae) in the family Echimyidae (Spiny rats)
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Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei |
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