Geocapromys columbianus

(F. M. Chapman, 1892)

Cuban 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

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Chapman, F.M. 1892. Notes on birds and mammals observed near Trinidad, Cuba, with remarks on the origin of West Indian bird-life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 4:279-330.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/846

Original name as described

Capromys columbianus

Other common names

Cuban Coney

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

cave near Trinidad, Villa Clara Province, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

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

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001378

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.

Geocapromys columbianus pleistocénica

Arredondo, 1958

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pleistocenicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

2931

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8-11

Authority publication

El Cartero Cubano

Geocapromys cubanus

G. M. Allen, 1917

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

cubanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:VP:VPM-9602

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-9602

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30290499

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Capromys columbianus

(F. M. Chapman, 1892)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

columbianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

314

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Geocapromys columbianus

G. M. Allen, 1918

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

columbianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2801951

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9004/22186798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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