Geocapromys brownii

(J. B. Fischer, 1830)

Jamaican Hutia

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Capromyinae
Tribe : Capromyini
Genus : Geocapromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fischer, J.B. 1830. Addenda et Emendanda. Pp. 529–752 in Fischer, J.B. 1829-1830. Synopsis Mammalium. J.G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 752 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=X31EAQAAMAAJ

Original name as described

Capromys brownii

Other common names

Brown's Hutia · Indian Coney · Jamaican Coney

Type locality

"Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Jamaica

Taxonomy notes

moved from Capromyidae to Echimyidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Fabre, P.-H., Upham, N. S., Emmons, L. H., Justy, F., Leite, Y. L. R., Loss, A. C., Orlando, L., Tilak, M.-K., Patterson, B. D., and Douzery, E. J. P. (2017). Mitogenomic Phylogeny, Diversification, and Biogeography of South American Spiny Rats. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34 (3): 613–633.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001376

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Capromys browni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

browni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

191

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Geocapromys brownii

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brownii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

580

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9001/22186569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Capromys brownii

(J. B. Fischer, 1830)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brownii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

589 [as 389]

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Capromys brachyurus

(R. Hill in Gosse, 1851)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24081527

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Geocapromys browni

Mohr, 1939

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

browni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut

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