last observed ca. 1760; common during early colonial era
ground-dwelling forest herbivore endemic to southern Bahamas
fossil specimens in Washington
disappeared after firing for plantation clearing
References:
Allen, G. M. Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere QL715.A44 1942 p.114
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