Megalomys desmarestii
| Megalomys desmarestii | |
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| Stuffed specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | †Megalomys |
| Species: | †M. desmarestii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Megalomys desmarestii (J. Fischer, 1829)
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Megalomys desmarestii, also known as the Martinique muskrat, Desmarest's pilorie, or the Martinique giant rice rat, is an extinct rice rat from Martinique in the Caribbean.