Capromys garridoi

Varona, 1970

Garrido's Hutia

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Varona, L.S. 1970-07-30. Descripción de una nueva especie de Capromys del Sur de Cuba (Rodentia: Caviomorpha). Poeyana (A)74:1-16.

Original name as described

Capromys garridoi

Type material

IES CZACC-1.194 (= IES IB-6223)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cayo Majá, Archipiélago de los Canarreos, Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

Taxonomy notes

tentatively retained as a distinct species, although it has often been considered a synonym of C. pilorides; moved from Mysateles to Capromys; moved from Capromyidae to Echimyidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Turvey, S. T., Kennerley, R. J., Nuñez-Miño, J. M., & Young, R. P. (2017). The last survivors: current status and conservation of the non-volant land mammals of the insular Caribbean. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(4), 918-936. · Upham, N. S., & Borroto-Páez, R. (2017). Molecular phylogeography of endangered Cuban hutias within the Caribbean radiation of capromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(4), 950-963. · 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/1006488

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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.

Capromys garridoi

Varona, 1970

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

garridoi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IES CZACC-1.194 (= IES IB-6223)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Poeyana

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Mysateles garridoi

(C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

garridoi

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 (2016:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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