Hispaniolan edible rat
The Hispaniolan edible rat (Brotomys voratus) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae.[2] It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
| Hispaniolan edible rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Genus: | †Brotomys |
| Species: | †B. voratus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Brotomys voratus Miller, 1916 | |
Description
This species is known from a single report from Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, who documented an animal called the mohuy, similar to living spiny rats. Oviedo described the Hispaniolan edible rat as a highly sought after meat, writing, "...there are many persons who have seen it and eaten it, and who praise this meat as better than all the others we have spoken about."[3]
References
- Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Brotomys voratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2008.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.
- Miller Jr., Gerrit (11 December 1929). "Mammals eaten by Indians, Owls, and Spaniards in the Coast Region of the Dominican Republic" (PDF). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 82 (5). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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