Mesocapromys nanus

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Taxonavigation edit

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: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Capromyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species: Mesocapromys nanus

Name edit

Mesocapromys nanus (G.M. Allen, 1917)

  • Holotype: MCZ 9864, right lower mandible, collected by Thomas Barbour.
  • Type locality: “cave deposit in the Sierra de Hato Nuevo, Province of Matanzas, Cuba”.

Combinations edit

  • Capromys nana Allen, 1917: 54 [original combination]
  • Capromys (Pygmaeocapromys) nana: Varona, 1979: 5 [subsequent combination]
  • Mesocapromys (Paracapromys) nanus: Kratochvil, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 15 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas edit

  • Cuba (Matanzas Province)

References edit

Primary references edit

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

English: Dwarf Hutia
español: Jutía enana