The San Martín Island woodrat (''Neotoma bryanti martinensis'') is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

subspecies of

Bryant's woodrat Bryant's woodrat (''Neotoma bryanti'') is a species of new-world rodent in the family Cricetidae native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the south ...

in the family Cricetidae.

Description

It was

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to San Martín Island, located off the Pacific coast of the central Baja California Peninsula, part of southwestern

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

state in northwestern Mexico. The primary threat to the San Martín Island woodrat was predation by

feral cats A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (''Felis catus'') that lives outdoors and avoids human contact: it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans. Feral cats may breed over dozens ...

on the island.

References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. San Martín Island woodrat Endemic mammals of Mexico San Martín Island woodrat Rodents of North America Endemic fauna of the Baja California Peninsula San Martín Island woodrat San Martín Island woodrat San Martín Island woodrat San Martín Island woodrat Species endangered by invasive species Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Neotoma-stub