Capromys pilorides Say 1822

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1593-1599 : 1594

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329939

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scientific name

Capromys pilorides Say 1822
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Capromys pilorides Say 1822 View in CoL

Capromys pilorides Say 1822 View in CoL , J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 2: 333.

Type Locality: "South America or one of the West Indian islands." .

Vernacular Names: Desmarest's Hutia.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Capromys pilorides subsp. pilorides Say 1822

Subspecies Capromys pilorides subsp. doceleguas Varona 1980

Subspecies Capromys pilorides subsp. relictus Allen 1911

Distribution: Mainland Cuba, Isle of Youth, Archipiélago de las Doce Lequnas, Archipiélago de Sabana, and many other islands and cays in the Cuban archipelago.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common (extremely abundant in some areas, including Guantanamo Bay Naval Base).

Discussion: The first mention of this species name is as Mus pilorides Pallas 1778 , however, Tate (1935:309) noted that it is not associated with this genus. Sometimes placed in the subgenus Capromys ; see Hall (1981:863). This species is very variable in size, coloration, and habits. There are five named subspecies (ciprianoi, doceleguas, gundlachianus , pilorides , and relictus; see Varona (1983a:77) and Borroto Paez et al., 1992:98). No genetic differentiation of cytochrome b was reported for the two subspecies (ciprianoi and relictus) on the Isle of Youth ( Woods et al., 2001). However, gundlachianus from Cayo Fragoso was reported to show over 5% sequence divergence and here we are elevating it to species level. Macrocapromys acevedo described by Arredondo (1958:10) is not distinct at the generic level, and is probably synonymous with pilorides . Arredondo's spelling was acevedo , but this was noted as [sic] by Varona (1974) who changed the spelling to acevedoi. This spelling was followed by Hall (1981) but it should be noted that acevado is the correct usage according to Brodkorb (1961). Karyptype has 2n=40; FN=64 ( Hsu and Benirschke, 1971; Milišnikov et al., 1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Capromyidae

Genus

Capromys

Loc

Capromys pilorides Say 1822

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Capromys pilorides

Say 1822: 333
1822
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