Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier 1836

Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier 1836, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 2, 6: 347.

Type Locality: "Saint-Dominguie" (probably Haiti).

Vernacular Names: Hispaniolan Hutia.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Plagiodontia aedium subsp. aedium F. Cuvier 1836

Subspecies Plagiodontia aedium subsp. hylaeum Miller 1927

Distribution: Hispaniola, La Gonave Isl, not recorded from La Tortue Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Includes hylaeum as a separate subspecies (Anderson, 1965).