Capromys

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Genus of mammal

title: "Capromys" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rodent-genera", "hutias", "taxa-named-by-anselme-gaëtan-desmarest"] description: "Genus of mammal" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capromys" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of mammal ::

| image = Capromys pilorides.jpg | image_caption = Desmarest's hutia (Capromys desmaresti) | taxon = Capromys | authority = Desmarest, 1822 | type_species = Capromys pilorides | type_species_authority = Say, 1822 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Capromys garridoi (possibly extinct)

Capromys pilorides | range_map = Capromys Map.jpg

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.

Species

The following species are considered valid per Borroto-Páez (2012) and the American Society of Mammalogists:

Capromys arredondoi and Capromys pappus are now synonymous with the Cuban hutia. Capromys antiquus is synonymous with C. acevedo. Capromys robustus is synonymous with C. latus.

References

References

  1. (1979). "Nuevos táxones fósiles de Capromyidae (Rodentia: Caviomorpha)". Poeyana.
  2. (2012). "UPDATED CHECKLIST OF ENDEMIC TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS OF THE WEST INDIES".
  3. Database, Mammal Diversity. (2021-08-10). "Mammal Diversity Database".

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