Heteropsomys Anthony 1916 (spiny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Parent taxon: Heteropsomyinae according to B. Patterson and R. Pascual 1968

Sister taxa: Boromys, Brotomys, Cercomys, Puertoricomys

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cueva Salida (Exit Cave) (Quaternary of Puerto Rico)

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