Capromys geayi

de Pousargues, 1899

Geay'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

Authority citation

Pousargues, E. de. 1899. Sur une nouvelle espèce de Capromys, découverte par M. Geay dans le Nord du Vénézuéla. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 5(4):150-154.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029529

Original name as described

Capromys geayi

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1898-1785

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Venezuela, where it was collected in the mountains between La Guayra and Caracas. Restricted to Cuba.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Cuba

Taxonomy notes

split from C. pilorides

Taxonomy notes citation

Henriksen, R.A., Woods, R., Barnes, I., Kennerley, R.J., Borroto-Páez, R., Brace, S. and Turvey, S.T. 2024. Genomics of historical museum collections clarifies species diversity in Cuban hutias (Capromys). Journal of Mammalogy (in press). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae090

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006890

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.

Capromys geayi

de Pousargues, 1899

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

geayi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1898-1785

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029529

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Henriksen, Woods, Barnes, Kennerley, Borroto-Páez, Brace & Turvey (2024:1372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68377)

Procapromys geayi

(F. M. Chapman, 1901)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

geayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

322

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Chapman (1901:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20849)

Capromys pilorides relictus

G. M. Allen, 1911

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

relictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10996

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10996

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815291

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Allen (1911:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Capromys (Geocapromys) megas

Varona & Arredondo, 1979

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

megas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IES CZACC-1.321 (= IES IZ-7030) (= "OA-1027")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Poeyana

Capromys arredondoi

Varona, 1984

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

arredondoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Varona LSV-310

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1-6

Authority publication

Poeyana

Capromys pappus

Varona, 1984

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pappus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Varona LSV-320

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1-5

Authority publication

Poeyana

Geocapromys megas

(C. A. Woods, 1989)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

megas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Science Series, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Name usages

Woods (1989:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66728)

Capromys pilorides ciprianoi

Borroto Páez, Camacho Pérez, & Ramos García, 1992

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

ciprianoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IES CZACC-1.518

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

98

Authority publication

Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Capromys geayi geayi

Henriksen, R. Woods, I. Barnes, Kennerley, Borroto-Páez, Brace, & Turvey, 2024

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

geayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1372

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Henriksen, Woods, Barnes, Kennerley, Borroto-Páez, Brace & Turvey (2024:1372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68377)

Capromys geayi relictus

Henriksen, R. Woods, I. Barnes, Kennerley, Borroto-Páez, Brace, & Turvey, 2024

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

relictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1372

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Henriksen, Woods, Barnes, Kennerley, Borroto-Páez, Brace & Turvey (2024:1372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68377)

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