Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei
C. A. Woods, 1989
Lemke's 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 | : Rhizoplagiodontia |
Species status
Authority citation
Woods, C.A. 1989. A new capromyid rodent from Haiti. The origin, evolution, and extinction of West Indian rodents and their bearing on the origin of New World Hystricognaths. Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 33:59-89.
Original name as described
Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei
Type material
UF:VP:73946
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
17 km W Camp Perrin (18° 20' N, 74° 03' W), Sud Department, Haiti.
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
Not Evaluated
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