Tenerife Giant Rat

Taxobox
name = Tenerife Giant Rat
status = Fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Canariomys"
species = "C. bravoi"
binomial = "Canariomys bravoi"
binomial_authority = Crusafont Pairó & Petter, 1964

The Tenerife Giant Rat ("Canariomys bravoi") was endemic to the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, Spain. Many remains have been found during archeological digs. Most remains are from the Pleistocene. With help of radiocarbon dating some of the finds are dated from about 12,000 years ago (late Pleistocene) [Michaux, J., N. Lopez-Martinez, and J. J. Hernadez-Pachero. 1996. A 14C dating of Canariomys bravoi (Mammalia, Rodentia), the extinct giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), and the recent history of the endemic mammals in the archipelago. Vie et Milieu 46:261–266.] . This species was a big rat of about 1 kg. [Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.). "Mammal Species of the World". 3rd ed.]

Another Giant Rat of the Canary Islands was the Canary Islands Giant Rat, "Canariomys tamarani".

References

See also

* List of extinct animals
* List of extinct animals of Europe