Boromys

Boromys Temporal range: Holocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Subfamily:	†Heteropsomyinae
Genus:	†Boromys Miller, 1916
Type species
Boromys offella Miller, 1916
Species
†Boromys offella †Boromys torrei

Boromys is an extinct genus of Cuban rodents in the family Echimyidae. It contains the following species:[1]

• Oriente cave rat (Boromys offella)
• Torre's cave rat (Boromys torrei)

References

1. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.