San Martín Island woodrat
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N. martinensis
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| Neotoma martinensis Goldman, 1905
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The San Martín Island woodrat (Neotoma martinensis) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
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 had been predation by feral cats on the island.
References
- ↑ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. (2008). Neotoma martinensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- 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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Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Taxoboxes using extinct parameters
- Neotominae
- Endemic fauna of Mexico
- Extinct animals of Mexico
- Mammals of Mexico
- Rodents of North America
- Fauna of the Baja California Peninsula
- Natural history of Baja California
- Animals described in 1905
- Extinct mammals of North America
- Rodent extinctions since 1500
- Species made extinct by human activities
- Pages with broken file links
- Cricetidae stubs
