Capromys pappus Varona, 1984
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Invalid (Silva-Taboada et al., 2007; Borroto-Páez et al., 2012).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Distribution
Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Varona, L. S. (1984). Otra especie fósil de Capromys. (Rodentia: Capromyidae). Poeyana 286: 1-5.
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.
Silva-Taboada, G., W. Suárez Duque, and S. Díaz Franco. (2007). Compendio de lo mamíferos terres-tres autóctonos de Cuba vivientes y extinguidos. Havana: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural.
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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