Plagiodontia aedium
F. Cuvier, 1836
Hispaniolan 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 | : Plagiodontia |
Species status
Authority citation
Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser 2, vol. 6, 347
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2256799Original name as described
Plagiodontia aedium
Other common names
Cuvier's Hutia
Type material
MNHN 2M-MO-1982-894
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Saint-Dominguie."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Haiti · Dominican Republic
Taxonomy notes
previously included P. spelaeum; moved from Capromyidae to Echimyidae
Taxonomy notes citation
Hansford, J., Nuñez-Miño, J.M., Young, R.P., Brace, S., Brocca, J.L. and 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
Least Concern
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