Capromys latus Varona & Arredondo, 1979:5
Giant hutia, Robust hutia
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Macrocapromys latus Varona & Arredondo, 1979:5; Paleocapromys latus Varona & Arredondo, 1979:5; Capromys robustus Varona & Arredondo, 1979
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Paratype: IZACC-7002
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Varona, L. S. and Arredondo, O. (1979). Nuevos táxones fósiles de Capromyidae (Rodentia: Caviomorpha). Poeyana 195: 1-51.
Other references:
Alcover, Josep Antoni et al. (1998). Mammal Species of the World: Additional Data on Insular Mammals. American Museum Novitates 3248, 29 pp., 1 table.
Borroto-Páez, Rafael and Mancina, Carlos A. (2017). Biodiversity and conservation of Cuban mammals: past, present, and invasive species. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 964-985. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx017
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.
Ignacio Ramos García and Rafael Borroto Páez. (2000). Ejemplares tipo de mamíferos en colecciones cubanas. Orsis 15: 75-89.
Ramos, G. I. (1999). Colecciones de mamı´feros terrestres cubanos vivientes y fo´siles. Te´sis en opcio´n al Tı´tulo Acade´ mico de Master en Ecologı´a y Sistema´tica Aplicada. IES, CITMA, La Habana, 80 pp.
Silva Taboada, G., Suárez Duque, W. & Díaz Franco, S. 2007. Compendio de los mamíferos terrestres autóctonos de Cuba vivientes y extinguidos. La Habana, Cuba: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural.
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Upham, Nathan S. (2017). Past and present of insular Caribbean mammals: understanding Holocene extinctions to inform modern biodiversity conservation. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 913-917. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx079
Upham, Nathan S. and Borroto-Páez, Rafael. (2017). Molecular phylogeography of endangered Cuban hutias within the Caribbean radiation of capromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 950-963. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx077
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. 2005 Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.
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