Hexolobodon phenax

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

Holotype: USNM 253118, palate with complete dentition of immature individual (M3 with only anterior half of crown flatly worn).

Type locality: “small cave near St. Michel [=St. Michel de l'Atalaye]”, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Haiti.

Holotype: USNM 255881, near complete cranium, with molar series complete and upper portion of left incisor.

Type locality: “Cueva Grande [=Large Cave], St. Michel, Haití.”

Miller, G.S. 1929. A second collection of mammals from caves near St. Michel, Haiti. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 81: 1–30, 10 plates. BHL
Rímoli, R.O. 1976. Roedores fosiles de la Hispaniola. Serie Científica Volume III. Universidad Central del Este: San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. 93 pp. ISBN 978-84-8402-024-0
Woods, C.A. 1993. Suborder Hystricognathi. Pp. 771–806 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.

Hexolobodon phenax 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.
Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. IUCN: Hexolobodon phenax (Extinct). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T10034A3156174. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10034A3156174.en

English: Imposter Hutia