Mysateles prehensilis

Mysateles prehensilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Tribus: Capromyini
Genus: Mysateles
Species: Mysateles prehensilis
Subspecies (3): M. p. gundlachi – M. p. meridionalis – M. p. prehensilis

Name

Mysateles prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824)

• Type material: Unknown.
• Type locality: “in sylvis versus oram Cubae australem obvia [= wooded south coast, Cuba]”.

Combinations

• Capromys prehensilis Poeppig, 1824: 11 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Poeppig, E.F. 1824. Nova generis Capromys, Desm. species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4(1): 11–15. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Prehensile-Tailed Hutia