Mesocapromys sanfelipensis

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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria 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: Mesocapromys
Species: Mesocapromys sanfelipensis

Name

Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona in Varona & Garrido, 1970)

• Holotype: CZACC 1.198 (formerly IB 6520), adult ♂, skull and mandibule, collected by Orlando H. Garrido in February-March 1970.
• Type locality: “Cayo Juan García”, Cayos de San Felipe, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.

Combinations

• Capromys sanfelipensis Varona in Varona & Garrido, 1970: 3 [original combination]
• Capromys (Mesocapromys) sanfelipensis: Varona, 1974: 66 [subsequent combination]
• Mesocapromys (Paracapromys) sanfelipensis: Kratochvil, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 46 [subsequent combination]
• M[esocapromys]. sanfelipensis: Woods et al., 2001: 336 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Cuba (Pinar del Rio Province: Archipiélago de los Canarreos: Cayos de San Felipe: Cayo Juan García)

References

Primary references

• Varona, L.S. & Garrido, O.H. 1970. Vertebrados de los cayos de San Felipe, Cuba, incluyendo una nueva especie de jutía (In Spanish). Poeyana 75: 1–26. Reference page. 

Additional references

• López, L.W.V., Garrido, O.H. & Bermúdez, A. 2018. Notes on Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Rodentia: Capromyidae) from Cuba. Zootaxa 4410(1): 164–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Mesocapromys sanfelipensis 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., Turvey, S.T., Young, R. & Borotto-Páez, R. 2019. IUCN: Mesocapromys sanfelipensis  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13218A22186444. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13218A22186444.en

Vernacular names

English: San Felipe Hutia
español: Jutiíta de la tierra