List of Antillian and Bermudan species extinct in the Holocene
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|''[[Tainotherium|Tainotherium valei]]'' |
|''[[Tainotherium|Tainotherium valei]]'' |
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|Puerto Rico |
|Puerto Rico |
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|Known from an undated femur from either the late Pleistocene or early Holocene. Its morphology suggests [[arboreality]], making unlikely that it became extinct when forests expanded in the Holocene. It might have become extinct due to human-induced habitat loss instead.Turvey, S. T., Grady, F. V., & Rye, P. (2006). A new genus and species of 'giant hutia'(Tainotherium valei) from the Quaternary of Puerto Rico: an extinct arboreal quadruped?. ''Journal of Zoology'', 270(4), 585-594. |
|Known from an undated femur from either the late Pleistocene or early Holocene. Its morphology suggests [[Arboreal locomotion|arboreality]], making unlikely that it became extinct when forests expanded in the Holocene. It might have become extinct due to human-induced habitat loss instead.Turvey, S. T., Grady, F. V., & Rye, P. (2006). A new genus and species of 'giant hutia'(Tainotherium valei) from the Quaternary of Puerto Rico: an extinct arboreal quadruped?. ''Journal of Zoology'', 270(4), 585-594. |
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