The Animal Diversity Web (online). Yomangani/Wikimedia Commons/Pubic Domain The Puerto Rican Hutia holds a place of (dubious) honor on this list: historians believe that no less a personage than Christopher Columbus feasted on this plump rodent when he and his crew landed in the West Indies …

The only known hutia on La Gonave Isl. Even though Puerto Rico harbors five species of phyllostomid, that richness is less than one fifth the local richness on the mainland (mean richness of phyllostomids = 27). Abstract: A large incomplete rodent femur from a Quaternary cave deposit near Barahona, Puerto Rico, is established as the holotype of Tainotherium valei, a new extinct genus and species. On the left of the flag is a single white five-pointed star resting in a blue triangle. in collections, the Puerto Rican hutia Iso-lobodon ranks as one of the best known membersofthe extinct Quaternarymammal fauna of the West Indies. Fauna of the United States (4,673 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article Parnell's mustached bat. Reynolds et al.

Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) and offshore islands.

When Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth in July 25, 1952 it was officially adopted as the national flag.The Puerto Rican flag consists of 5 alternate red and white stripes. The only known 2020. They were a vital food source for the Amerindians for many years. Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org. (Photo is of very closely related living species.)

Journal of Zoology 270 (4), 585–594. The Puerto Rican. In addition, Taíno from Hispaniola apparently transported a hutia, about 1-kilogram in size, to Puerto Rico as a source of food in pre-Columbian times; remains of this animal are known only known from kitchen middens, with no reliable evidence of the animal ever having lived freely on Puerto Rico (Miller, 1918; Olson, 1982). The life expectancy of Cuban hutia in captivity ranges from 8 to 11 years. Extinct native mammals include the plate-toothed giant hutia and the Puerto Rican cave rat. Around this time, the Puerto Rican Bank—a single landmass comprising the archipelago of Puerto Rico (except for Mona, Monito and Desecheo) and the Virgin Islands (except for St. Croix)—became separated. Genus Elasmodontomys Puerto Rican giant hutia. Reptiles unique to Puerto Rico include the Puerto Rican Hutia Type Locality: Puerto Rico, Jobo Dist., near Utuado. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a … Christopher Columbus and his crew are believed to have eaten the species upon their arrival, but they were extinct by the 19th or early 20th century. The young are born precocial, able to move around, well-furred, and with their eyes open. One was evident during the early days of colonization until about ten years ago. a type of rat.