Mesocapromys
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Capromyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species (5): M. angelcabrerai – M. auritus – M. melanurus – M. nanus – M. sanfelipensis
Name
[edit]Mesocapromys Varona, 1970
- Type species: Capromys (Mesocapromys) auritus Varona, 1970, by original designation.
Combinations
[edit]- Capromys (Mesocapromys) Varona, 1970: 8 [original combination, as subgenus of Capromys]
- Mesocapromys: Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978 [subsequent combination, elevate to genus]
Synonyms
[edit]- Paracapromys Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 15 [as subgenus of Mesocapromys]
- Type species: Capromys nana G.M. Allen, 1917, by original designation.
- Pygmaeocapromys Varona, 1979: 5 [as subgenus of Capromys]
- Type species: Capromys (Pygmaeocapromys) angelcabrerai Varona, 1979, by original designation.
- †Stenocapromys Varona & Arredondo, 1979: 17 [as subgenus of Capromys]
- Type species: †Capromys gracilis Varona & Arredondo, 1979, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Varona, L.S. 1970. Nueva especie y nuevo subgénero de Capromys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) de Cuba (In Spanish). Poeyana, Serie A 73: 1–18. Reference page.
- Kratochvíl, J., Rodríguez, L. & Baruš, V. 1978. Capromyinae (Rodentia) of Cuba. I. Acta scientiarum naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae, New Series 12(11): 1–60. Reference page.
- Varona, L.S. 1979. Subgénero y especie nuevos de Capromys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) para Cuba (In Spanish). Poeyana 194: 1–33. Reference page.
- Varona, L.S. & Arredondo, O. 1979. Nuevos táxones fósiles de Capromyidae (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) (In Spanish). Poeyana 195: 1–51. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Mesocapromys 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.