Plate-toothed giant hutia
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| Plate-toothed giant hutia | |
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†Elasmodontomys
Anthony, 1916
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†E. obliquus
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| Elasmodontomys obliquus Anthony, 1916
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The plate-toothed giant hutia (Elasmodontomys obliquus) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. It is monotypic within the genus Elasmodontomys. It was found in Puerto Rico.[1]
The rodent is thought to have weighed 13 kilograms (29 lb) and survived for at least 2000 years after humans colonised Puerto Rico.[2]
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