Back Slakevol (Megalomys luciae) AVK Megalomys luciae Catalan Megalomys luciae CEB Megalomys luciae Spanish Megalomys luciae Basque Rat musqué de Sainte-Lucie French Megalomys luciae Dutch Megalomys luciae Portuguese Megalomys luciae Serbian Megalomys luciae Swedish
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| Stuffed specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | †Megalomys |
| Species: | †M. luciae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Megalomys luciae (Forsyth Major, 1901)
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| Synonyms | |
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Oryzomys luciae Major, 1901 | |
Megalomys luciae, also known as the Saint Lucia pilorie[2] or Saint Lucia giant rice-rat,[1] as well as several variant spellings, is an extinct rodent that lived on the island of Saint Lucia in the eastern Caribbean.
- ^ a b Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2017). "Megalomys luciae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T12981A22377126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T12981A22377126.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0