| Twisted-toothed mouse Temporal range:
Late Pleistocene - Early
Holocene
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|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | † Heptaxodontidae |
| Genus: | †
Quemisia Miller, 1929 |
| Species: | †Q. gravis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Quemisia gravis
Miller, 1929
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The twisted-toothed mouse (Quemisia gravis), also known as the twisted-toothed giant hutia [1] is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. [1] It is monotypic within the genus Quemisia. [1] It was endemic to Hispaniola (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
References
- ^ a b c 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. p. 1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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| Twisted-toothed mouse Temporal range:
Late Pleistocene - Early
Holocene
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|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | † Heptaxodontidae |
| Genus: | †
Quemisia Miller, 1929 |
| Species: | †Q. gravis
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Quemisia gravis
Miller, 1929
| |
The twisted-toothed mouse (Quemisia gravis), also known as the twisted-toothed giant hutia [1] is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. [1] It is monotypic within the genus Quemisia. [1] It was endemic to Hispaniola (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
References
- ^ a b c 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. p. 1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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