Tenerife giant rat
| Tenerife giant rat Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Skull housed in Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | †Canariomys |
| Species: | †C. bravoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Canariomys bravoi Crusafont Pairó & Petter, 1964 | |
The Tenerife giant rat (Canariomys bravoi) is an extinct species of rodent endemic to the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, Spain. Many remains have been found during archeological digs. Most remains are from the Pleistocene. Radiocarbon dating has placed some of the finds in the late Pleistocene.