last described by Oveido as surviving until ca. 1550 on Hispanola; a similar creature (Elamodonta obliquus) survived until early aboriginal era on Puerto Rico
cow-sized [!] ground-dweller montane forest omnivore(?) endemic to Greater Antilles Islands
fossil specimens in Washington
disappeared after deforestation
References:
Allen, G. M. Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere QL715.A44 1942 p.126
Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.210
Williams, J. and Nowak, R. chapter in The Last Extinction QH75.L36 1993 pp. 107-139
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