Hexolobodon phenax
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Tribus: †Hexolobodontini
Genus: †Hexolobodon
Species: †Hexolobodon phenax
Name
[edit]Holotype: USNM 253118, palate with complete dentition of immature individual (M3 with only anterior half of crown flatly worn).
Type locality: “small cave near St. Michel [=St. Michel de l'Atalaye]”, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Haiti.
Synonyms
[edit]- †Hexolobodon poolei Rímoli, 1976: 21 [synonymized by Woods (1993: 803)]
Holotype: USNM 255881, near complete cranium, with molar series complete and upper portion of left incisor.
Type locality: “Cueva Grande [=Large Cave], St. Michel, Haití.”
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Miller, G.S. 1929. A second collection of mammals from caves near St. Michel, Haiti. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 81: 1–30, 10 plates. BHL
- Rímoli, R.O. 1976. Roedores fosiles de la Hispaniola. Serie Científica Volume III. Universidad Central del Este: San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. 93 pp. ISBN 978-84-8402-024-0
- Woods, C.A. 1993. Suborder Hystricognathi. Pp. 771–806 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Hexolobodon phenax in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. - Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. IUCN: Hexolobodon phenax (Extinct). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T10034A3156174. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10034A3156174.en
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Imposter Hutia