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Megalomys luciae

Megalomys luciae
Mus Nat Hist Nat 25022013 Megalomys luciae.jpg
Stuffed specimen

Extinct  (1881) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Megalomys
Species: M. luciae
Binomial name
Megalomys luciae
(Forsyth Major, 1901)
Synonyms

Oryzomys luciae Major, 1901


Oryzomys luciae Major, 1901

Megalomys luciae, also known as the Santa Lucian pilorie or Santa Lucian giant rice rat, as well as several variant spellings, is an extinctrodent that lived on the island of Saint Lucia in the eastern Caribbean. It was the size of a small cat, and it had a darker belly than Megalomys desmarestii, a closely related species from Martinique, and slender claws. The last known specimen died in London Zoo in 1852, after three years of captivity. It probably became extinct in the latter half of the nineteenth century, with the last record dating from 1881. There is a specimen in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London.



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