Capromys Desmarest 1822 (hutia)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Capromyidae

Parent taxon: Capromyidae according to G. S. Morgan 1994

See also Gray 1825

Sister taxa: Geocapromys, Isolobodontinae, Plagiodontia

Subtaxa: Capromys pilorides

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (16 collections), Cuba (2)

Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences

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