Mysateles prehensilis

(Poeppig, 1824)

Prehensile-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 : Mysateles

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Poeppig, E.F. 1824-07. Nova generis Capromys, Desm. species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4:11-15.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655106

Original name as described

Capromys prehensilis

Other common names

Cuban Prehensile-tailed Hutia · Chapman's Prehensile-tailed Hutia

Type locality

"in sylvis versus oram Cubae australem obvia [= wooded south coast, Cuba]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

Taxonomy notes

includes meridionalis; moved from Capromyidae to Echimyidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Turvey, ST, Kennerley, RJ, Nuñez-Miño, JM, & Young, RP (2017). The last survivors: current status and conservation of the non-volant land mammals of the insular Caribbean. Journal of Mammalogy , 98 (4), 918-936. · 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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001386

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 (Brachycapromys) jaumei

(Varona & Arredondo, 1979)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

jaumei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IES CZACC-1.325 (= IES IZ-7032) (= "OA-268")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Poeyana

Capromys prehensilis gundlachi

(F. M. Chapman, 1901)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

gundlachi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:103905

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/369453950-888c-442c-a4ba-b3206fd6dede

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Capromys meridionalis

(Varona, 1986)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

meridionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Varona LSV-159

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Poeyana

Mysateles prehensilis gundlachi

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

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

gundlachi

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)

Mysateles meridionalis

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

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

meridionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

poeppingi

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

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

poeppingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1597

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Mysateles prehensilis

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

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

prehensilis

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 #14258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80211500/22187218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mysateles prehensilis prehensilis

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

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

prehensilis

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)

Mysateles prehensilis meridionalis

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

meridionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

557

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Capromys prehensilis

(Poeppig, 1824)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655106

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gervais (1837:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67308)
  3. Gervais (1837:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38619)
  4. True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:579, 580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Capromys poeyi

(Guerin, 1834)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

poeyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Magasin de zoologie

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1837:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67308)
  2. Gervais (1837:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38619)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Mysateles Pœppingii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

poeppingii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Capromys pallidus

(Poey, 1865)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

384

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

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