Geocapromys thoracatus

(F. W. True, 1889)

Little Swan Island 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

True, F.W. 1889-09-03. On the mammals collected in eastern Honduras in 1887 by Mr. Charles H.Townsend, with a description of a new subspecies of Capromys from Little Swan Island. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11:469-472.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7608747

Original name as described

Capromys brachyurus thoracatus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:15897 (= USNM:MAMM:A22691)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/362dcde85-2a3d-4374-b373-f27a60451f81

Type locality

Little Swan I, one of the two small islands lying at the entrance of the Gulf of Honduras.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Honduras

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/1001380

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 brachyurus thoracatus

(F. W. True, 1889)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

thoracatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:15897 (= USNM:MAMM:A22691)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/362dcde85-2a3d-4374-b373-f27a60451f81

Authority page

469

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7608747

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Geocapromys thoracatus

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

thoracatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9003/22186735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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