Mesocapromys melanurus

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

Mesocapromys melanurus (Poey in Peters, 1865)

Holotype: unknown.

Type locality: “Manzanillo, Insula Cuba”.

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]

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.

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

Peters, W. [1864] 1865. Über einige neue Saugethiere (Mormoops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 381–399. BHL
Mohr, E. 1939. Die Baum-und Ferkelratten: Gattung Capromys Desmarest (sens ampl) und Plagiodontia Cuvier. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 48: 48–118.
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.

Mesocapromys melanurus 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.
Kennerley, R., Young, R., Turvey, S.T. & Borotto-Páez, R. 2018. IUCN: Mysateles melanurus (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T14256A22187606. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14256A22187606.en

English: Black-tailed Hutia
español: Jutía andaraz