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Oriente Cave Rat
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The left lower jaw bone of the oriente cave rat from a publication in 1918 by Glover Morrill Allen (8 February 1879 - 14 February 1942).
Information
Range Cuba
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Echimyidae
Genus Boromys
Species B. offella
Conservation Status
EXSpecies
Extinct

The Oriente Cave Rat (Boromys offella) was a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is known from recent fossil records, and may have become extinct with the introduction of other rats.

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