Mesocapromys melanurus

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Mesocapromys melanurus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Capromyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species: Mesocapromys melanurus

Name[edit]

Mesocapromys melanurus (Poey in Peters, 1865)

Holotype: unknown.

Type locality: “Manzanillo, Insula Cuba”.

Combinations[edit]

  • Capromys melanurus Poey in Peter, 1865: 384 [original combination]
  • Mysateles melanurus: Mohr, 1939: 59 [subsequent combination]
  • Capromys (Mysateles) melanurus: Aguayo & Howell, 1955: 1308 [subsequent combination]
  • Mysateles (Mysateles) melanurus: Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 49 [subsequent combination]
  • Mesocapromys melanurus: Borroto-Páez, 2002: 56 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms[edit]

  • Capromys melanurus rufescens Mohr, 1939: 62
    • Holotype: ?ZMB, collected by J. Gundlach in 1857.
    • Type locality: “Manzanillo”, Granma Province, Cuba.
  • Mysateles (Leptocapromys) arboricolus Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 50 [synonymized by Varona (1986: 7)]
    • Holotype: CZACC 1.307, subadult ♀, skin, skull and skeleton, collected by Eduardo Solana, date unknown.
    • Type locality: “El Coco, 12 km West of Holguín”, Holguín Province, Cuba.

Native distribution areas[edit]

  • Cuba: Las Tunas (subfossil), Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo provinces

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Vernacular names[edit]

English: Black-tailed Hutia
español: Jutía andaraz