Hyperplagiodontia araeum

(C. E. Ray, 1964)

Wide-toothed Hutia

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ray, C.E. 1964. A new capromyid rodent from the Quaternary of Hispaniola. Breviora 203:1-4.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4312483

Original name as described

Plagiodontia? araeum

Type material

MCZ:VP:VPM-7675

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-7675

Type locality

unnamed cave 2 km SE Rancho de la Guardia (18° 43' N, 71° 39' W), Elías Piña Province, Dominican Republic.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Haiti · Dominican Republic

Taxonomy notes

moved from Plagiodontia to the recently reinstated Hyperplagiodontia; moved from Capromyidae to Echimyidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Hansford, J., Nuñez-Miño, J. M., Young, R. P., Brace, S., Brocca, J. L., & Turvey, S. T. (2012). Taxonomy-testing and the ‘Goldilocks Hypothesis': morphometric analysis of species diversity in living and extinct Hispaniolan hutias. Systematics and Biodiversity, 10(4), 491-507. · 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/1001390

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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.

Plagiodontia? araeum

(C. E. Ray, 1964)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

araeum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:VP:VPM-7675

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-7675

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4312483

Authority publication

Breviora

Name usages

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

Hyperplagiodontia araeum

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

araeum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001390

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Hyperplagiodontia stenocoronalis

Rimoli, 1977

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

stenocoronale

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

34

Authority publication

San Pedro de Macorís

Name usages

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

Hyperplagiodontia stenocoralis

Hansford, Nuñez-Miño, R. P. Young, Brace, Brocca, & Turvey, 2012

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

stenocoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

494

Authority publication

Systematics and Biodiversity

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