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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cuvier, F. 1836. Caractères du genre Plagiodonte et description du Plagiodonte des habitations. _Plagiodontia Ædium_. Annales des sciences naturelles (2)6:347-353.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2256799

Original name as described

Plagiodontia Ædium

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001391

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.

Plagiodontia Ædium

F. Cuvier, 1836

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

aedium

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 2M-MO-1982-894

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2256799

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

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. Blainville (1855:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37133)
  4. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Fitzinger (1867:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  6. True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  7. Allen (1911:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:580, 581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Woods (1989:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66728)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Woods (1993:804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  13. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  14. Turvey, Hansford, Kennerley, Nuñez-Miño, Brocca & Young (2015:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25703)
  15. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17460/22187711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Plagiodontia œdium

Lesson, 1842

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

oedium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Plagiodontia hylaeum

G. S. Miller, 1927

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

hylaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:239887

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3598d2946-6bc2-4fb6-83bb-5e07cd2a4ee6

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32373843

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Plagiodontia aedium aedium

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

aedium

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 (2016:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Plagiodontia aedium hylaeum

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

hylaea

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 (2016:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Plagiodontia aedium bondi

Turvey, Hansford, Kennerley, Nuñez-Miño, Brocca, & R. P. Young, 2015

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

bondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LDUCZ-Z2807

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

207

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Turvey, Hansford, Kennerley, Nuñez-Miño, Brocca & Young (2015:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25703)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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