Capromys garridoi

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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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: Capromys
Species: Capromys garridoi

Name

Capromys garridoi Varona, 1970

• Holotype: CZACC 1.194 (formerly IB-6223), juvenile indet., partial skin, skull and partial skeleton, presented by Orlando H. Garrido on 15 April 1967.
• Type locality: “Cayo Majá (in error), junto al extremo noroccidental de Cayo Largo”, corrected to unnamed small cay adjacent to Cayo Largo, Los Canarreos Archipelago, Cuba, by Silva-Taboada (pers. comm.).

Combinations

• Capromys garridoi Varona, 1970: 2 [original combination]
• Mysateles (Leptocapromys) garridoi: Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 15 [subsequent combination]
• Mysateles garridoi: Borroto-Páez, 2002 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Cuba: Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality: Los Canarreos Archipelago: unnamed cay.

References

Primary references

• Varona, L.S. 1970. Descripción de una nueva especie de Capromys del sur de Cuba (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) (In Spanish). Poeyana, Serie A 74: 1–16. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Garrido-Baumratte
English: Garrido’s Hutia