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Insular Cave Rat
Heteropsomys insulans
The insular cave rat (Heteropsomys insulans) is an extinct species of spiny rat that was native to Puerto Rico. Known only from recent fossil deposits, it most likely persisted until European colonization of Puerto Rico began.
From the article Insular cave rat on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
These rats were almost exclusively herbivorous. Their diet most likely included fruits, nuts, grass, and sugar cane.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43990.