Mesocapromys melanurus

(F. Poey in W. C. H. Peters, 1865)

Black-tailed 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 : Mesocapromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Hr. W. Peters berichtete über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Platydactylus, Otocryptis, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes) und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, _Capoëta_, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864:381-399.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180595

Original name as described

Capromys melanurus

Other common names

Bushy-tailed Hutia

Type locality

"Manzanillo," Granma 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001383

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 melanurus

(F. Poey in W. C. H. Peters, 1865)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

384

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35180595

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Chapman (1901:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20849)
  3. Allen (1911:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Woods (1989:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66728)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Mysateles melanurus rufescens

(Mohr, 1939)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Mysateles arboricolus

(Kratochvíl, L. Rodriguez, & Baruš, 1978)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

arboricolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IES CZACC-1.307

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

15, 18, 20, 23, 52, 53

Authority publication

Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae Brno

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Capromys arboricolus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

arboricolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

191

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods (1989:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66728)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Mysateles melanurus

(C. A. Woods, 1993)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

802

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Woods (1993:802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14256/22187606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mesocapromys melanurus

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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