-
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...
- 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)...
-
monotypic taxon)
Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
Abrocomidae (chinchilla rats)
Capromyidae (hutias)
Caviidae (guinea pigs, wild cavies, and capybaras) Chinchillidae...
-
Erethizontoidea Erethizontidae – New
World porcupines Superfamily Octodontoidea Capromyidae –
hutias Ctenomyidae – tuco-tucos
Echimyidae –
spiny rats †Heptaxodontidae...
- "Po****tion
history of the
Hispaniolan hutia Plagiodontia aedium (Rodentia:
Capromyidae):
testing the
model of
ancient differentiation on a
geotectonically complex...
- Young,
Richard P. (2015). "A new
subspecies of
hutia (Plagiodontia,
Capromyidae, Rodentia) from
southern Hispaniola". Zootaxa. 3957 (2): 201–214. doi:10...
-
diverse and
largely endemic rodent fauna. This
includes the
endemic family Capromyidae (hutias),
which are
largely limited to the
Greater Antilles, and two...
