Geocapromys caymanensis Morgan et al., 2019
Cayman Brac hutia
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Geocapromys new species B
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Cayman Brac & Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Morgan, Gary S., MacPhee, Ross D. E., Woods, Roseina and Turvey, Samuel T. (2019). Late Quaternary fossil mammals from the Cayman Islands, West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 428: 79 pp., 24 figures, 8 tables.
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.
Morgan, G. S. (1994). Late Quaternary fossil vertebrates from the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands Monographiae Biologicae 71: 465-508. [Abstract]
Moyne, W. E. G. (1938). Atlantic Circle. Blackie and Sons Ltd., London and Glasgow.
Scudder, S. J. and Quitmer, J. R. (1998). Evaluation of evidence of pre-Columbian human occupation at Great Cave, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands. Carib. J. Sci. 34(1-2): 41-49.
Turvey, S. T. (2009). Holocene mammal extinctions. Holocene extinctions, 41.
Westerman, J. H. (1953). Nature preservation in the Caribbean. Found. Sci. Res. Surinam and Netherlands Antilles, Utrecht, Publ. 9: 1-106.
http://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9rjEbZWPLvcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA465&dq=The+birds+of+the+Cayman++Islands&ots=cSXdq5USHT&sig=w4T9GZO2XxeMj6ORy1HmES3_9BA#v=onepage&q=The%20birds%20of%20the%20Cayman%20%20Islands&f=false
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19978/geocapromys-sp-2-cayman-brac