Boromys
| Boromys Temporal range: Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | †Heteropsomyinae |
| Genus: | †Boromys Miller, 1916 |
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Boromys is an extinct genus of Cuban rodents in the family Echimyidae. It contains the following species:[1]
- Oriente cave rat (Boromys offella)
- Torre's cave rat (Boromys torrei)
References
[edit]- ^ 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. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.