last collected in 1885 on Martinique for museums, last observed in Mount Pele palm plantation
15" island montane forest ground-dwelling herbivore endemic to Martinique, Lesser Antilles Islands
specimens in Paris
disappeared after deforestation for plantations; possibly finished off by Pele eruption on 08 May 1902
References:
Allen, G. M. Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere QL715.A44 1942 p.90
Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.212
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