Hexolobodon phenax
G. S. Miller, 1929
Imposter Hutia
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Octodontoidea |
| Family | : Echimyidae |
| Subfamily | : Capromyinae |
| Tribe | : Hexolobodontini |
| Genus | : Hexolobodon |
Species status
Authority citation
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1929-03-30. A second collection of Mammals from caves near St. Michel, Haiti. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 81(9):1-30.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8915376Original name as described
Hexolobodon phenax
Type material
USNM:PAL:367230 (= USNM:MAMM:253118)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/321fc317e-b08c-4981-95e0-e056bd300165Type locality
small cave NE of Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye, Artibonite, Haiti.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Haiti · Dominican Republic
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
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