Plagiodontia ipnaeum

D. H. Johnson, 1948

Samana 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

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Johnson, D.H. 1948-06-16. A rediscovered Haitian rodent, _Plagiodontia aedium_, with a synopsis of related species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 61:69-74.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34498522

Original name as described

Plagiodontia ipnaeum

Type material

USNM:PAL:303803 (= USNM:MAMM:254375)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/350f7317a-612b-4a82-a33d-e5be2b9447e2

Type locality

Anadel (19° 12' N, 69° 19' W), Samaná Province, Dominican Republic.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Haiti · Dominican Republic

Taxonomy notes

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

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001392

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 velozi

Rimoli, 1977

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

velozi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:175230

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

32

Authority publication

San Pedro de Macorís

Name usages

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

Plagiodontia ipnaeum

D. H. Johnson, 1948

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

ipnaeum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:PAL:303803 (= USNM:MAMM:254375)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/350f7317a-612b-4a82-a33d-e5be2b9447e2

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34498522

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17462/22187847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Plagiodontia caletensis

Rimoli, 1977

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

caletense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority publication

San Pedro de Macorís

Name usages

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

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