Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
(Varona & Garrido, 1970)
San Felipe 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
Authority citation
Varona, L.S. and Garrido, O.H. 1970-08-12. Vertebrados de los Cayos de San Felipe, Cuba, incluyendo una nueva especie de jutía. Poeyana (A)75:1-26.
Original name as described
Capromys sanfelipensis
Other common names
Little Earth Hutia
Type material
IES CZACC-1.198 (= IES IB-6520)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Cayo Juan Garcia (21° 59' N, 83° 31' W), Archipiélago de los Canarreos, Pinar del Rio 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
Critically Endangered
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