Geocapromys thoracatus (True, 1888)

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 801

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scientific name	Geocapromys thoracatus (True, 1888)
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Geocapromys thoracatus (True, 1888) View in CoL . Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 11:469.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Little Swan Island, one of two small islands lying at the entrance of the Gulf of Honduras " .

DISTRIBUTION: Little Swan Island.

STATUS: Recently Extinct.

COMMENTS: Sometimes included as a subspecies of G. brownii ; see Mohr (1939:77), Hall (1981:866), and Varona (1974:67). Morgan (1985) reconfirmed its status as a distinct species. Clough (1976) stated that thoracatus became extinct in 1950s, possibly as a result of introduced cats on the island. Reviewed by Morgan (1989, Mammalian Species, 341).