Capromys beatrizae (Varona & Arredondo, 1979)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Capromys (Pygmaeocapromys) beatrizae Varona & Arredondo, 1979; Mesocapromys beatrizae (Varona & Arredondo, 1979)
Now considered a synonym of Mesocapromys nanus.
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene
Distribution
Cuba (western)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Varona, L. S. and Arredondo, Oscar. (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, 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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