San_Martín_Island_woodrat

San Martín Island woodrat

San Martín Island woodrat

Extinct species of rodent

The San Martín Island woodrat (Neotoma bryanti martinensis) is an extinct subspecies of Bryant's woodrat in the family Cricetidae.

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Description

It was endemic to San Martín Island, located off the Pacific coast of the central Baja California Peninsula, part of southwestern Baja California state in northwestern Mexico.

The primary threat to the San Martín Island woodrat was predation by feral cats on the island.

References

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    Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Lacher, T. (2018). "Neotoma bryanti ssp. martinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14580A124171713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14580A124171713.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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