Isolobodon portoricensis

J. A. Allen, 1916

Puerto Rican Hutia

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Capromyinae
Tribe : Isolobodontini
Genus : Isolobodon

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1916. An extinct octodont from the island of Porto Rico, West Indies. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 28:17-22.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35425273

Original name as described

Isolobodon portoricensis

Type material

AMNH M-38409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-38409

Type locality

Cueva de la Ceiba, near Utuado, Puerto Rico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Haiti · Dominican Republic · Puerto Rico · United States Virgin Islands · British Virgin Islands

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/1001389

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.

Isolobodon portoricensis

J. A. Allen, 1916

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

portoricensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-38409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-38409

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35425273

Authority publication

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Woods (1989:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66728)
  3. Woods (1993:804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10860/22186876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ithydontia levir

(G. S. Miller, 1922)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

levir

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:10735

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26749140

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Isolobodon levir

C. A. Woods, 1989

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

levir

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Name usages

Woods (1989:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66728)

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