Capromys

Capromys is a genus of rodents that contains Desmarest's hutia, Garrido's hutia, and several recently extinct species, mainly from Cuba, although one extinct subspecies of Desmarest's hutia is known from Grand Cayman.

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Vinony's link graph records 48 inbound references to Capromys, and connects out to Desmarest's hutia, Garrido's hutia and Animalia.

It is catalogued under topics including Hutias, Rodent genera and Taxa named by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest.

Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCapromyidae

Observations recorded1,963

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 198
With media: 8
Family: Capromyidae
Collections: NHMUK, CM, AMNH, TTU, UF
Recorded in: Cayman Islands, Cuba, Bahamas, British West Indies

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Capromyinae
Image: Capromys pilorides qtl1.jpg

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taxon name: Capromys
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Capromys
topic's main category: Category:Capromys

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Encyclopedic overview

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Species
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==Species== The following species are considered valid per Borroto-Páez (2012) and the American Society of Mammalogists: Capromys garridoi (Garrido's hutia, possibly extinct) Capromys pilorides (Desmarest's hutia or Cuban hutia) C. p. ciprianoi C. p. doceleguas C. p. gundlachianus †C. p. lewisi C. p. pilorides C. p. relictus †Capromys acevedo †Capromys latus

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