-
affinities with a
subfamily of
spiny rats, the Euryzygomatomyinae.
Within Capromyidae, the
deepest split involves Plagiodontia with
respect to
other genera...
- taxa
recognized on
molecular and
traditional basis: the two
families Capromyidae and Myocastoridae, the five
subfamilies Echimyinae, Euryzygomatomyinae...
- tuco-tucos
Family Echimyidae:
spiny rats
Family Myocastoridae:
nutrias Family Capromyidae:
hutias Superfamily Chinchilloidea Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas...
-
monotypic taxon)
Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
Abrocomidae (chinchilla rats)
Capromyidae (hutias)
Caviidae (guinea pigs, wild cavies, and capybaras) Chinchillidae...
- are
latest Pleistocene and the
latest are from
around 1600 CE.
Within Capromyidae, the
closest relatives of
Capromys are the
genera Mesocapromys and Mysateles...
- (Isolobodon portoricensis) is an
extinct species of
rodent in the
family Capromyidae. It was
found on
Hispaniola (today the
Dominican Republic and Haiti)...
- Young,
Richard P. (2015). "A new
subspecies of
hutia (Plagiodontia,
Capromyidae, Rodentia) from
southern Hispaniola". Zootaxa. 3957 (2): 201–214. doi:10...
- of the
Caribbean hutias and
placed together with them in the
family Capromyidae. Later, it was more
accepted to
place it in its own family, the Myocastoridae...
-
family Echimyidae (Spiny rats),
including Myocastoridae (Coypus) and
Capromyidae (Hutias) Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata class:
Mammalia Order: Rodentia...
-
diverse and
largely endemic rodent fauna. This
includes the
endemic family Capromyidae (hutias),
which are
largely limited to the
Greater Antilles, and two...
