†Isolobodon portoricensis Flemming and MacPhee 1999 (spiny rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Alternative combination: Isolophodon portoricensis
Full reference: C. Flemming and R.D.E. MacPhee. 1999. Redetermination of Holotype of Isolobodon portoricensis (Rodentia, Capromyidae), with Notes on Recent Mammalian Extinctions in Puerto Rico. American Museum Novitates (3278)
Belongs to Isolobodon according to C. Flemming and R.D.E. MacPhee 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH-M 38409a, a skull
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (5 collections), Haiti (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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