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Capromys arredondoi Varona, 1984

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Now considered a synonym of C. pilorides.

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

 

Distribution

Cuba

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Varona, L. S. (1984). Nueva especie fósil de Capromys (Rodentia: Capromyidae) del Pleistoceno Superior de Cuba. Poeyana 285: 1-6.

 

Other references:

Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Mancina, Carlos A., Woods, Charles A. and Kilpatrick, C. William. (2012). Checklist: Updated Checklist of Endemic Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies, pp. 389-415. In: Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Woods, Charles A. and Sergile, F. E. (eds.). Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies: Contributions. Gainesville, Florida: Florida Museum of Natural History and Wacahoota Press. 482 pp.

Turvey, Samuel T. (2009). Holocene mammal extinctions, pp. 41-61. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

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