Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Tribus: Capromyini
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species: Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
Name
[edit]Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona in Varona & Garrido, 1970)
- Holotype: CZACC 1.198 (formerly IB 6520), adult ♂, skull and mandibule, collected by Orlando H. Garrido in February-March 1970.
- Type locality: “Cayo Juan García”, Cayos de San Felipe, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.
Combinations
[edit]- Capromys sanfelipensis Varona in Varona & Garrido, 1970: 3 [original combination]
- Capromys (Mesocapromys) sanfelipensis: Varona, 1974: 66 [subsequent combination]
- Mesocapromys (Paracapromys) sanfelipensis: Kratochvil, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 46 [subsequent combination]
- M[esocapromys]. sanfelipensis: Woods et al., 2001: 336 [subsequent combination]
Native distribution areas
[edit]- Cuba (Pinar del Rio Province: Archipiélago de los Canarreos: Cayos de San Felipe: Cayo Juan García)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Varona, L.S. & Garrido, O.H. 1970. Vertebrados de los cayos de San Felipe, Cuba, incluyendo una nueva especie de jutía (In Spanish). Poeyana 75: 1–26. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- López, L.W.V., Garrido, O.H. & Bermúdez, A. 2018. Notes on Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Rodentia: Capromyidae) from Cuba. Zootaxa 4410(1): 164–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.9 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Mesocapromys sanfelipensis 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. - Kennerley, R., Turvey, S.T., Young, R. & Borotto-Páez, R. 2019. IUCN: Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13218A22186444. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13218A22186444.en
Vernacular names
[edit]English: San Felipe Hutia
español: Jutiíta de la tierra
español: Jutiíta de la tierra