<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Geocapromys brownii</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/> </head> <body> <p> <i>Geocapromys brownii</i> (Fischer 1830)</p> <p> <i>[Capromys (Geocapromys)] brownii</i> Fischer 1830, Synopis. Mamm., Addenda: 389 (=589).</p> <p>Type Locality: " Jamaica ".</p> <p>Vernacular Names: Jamaician Hutia.</p> <p> Synonyms: <i>Geocapromys brachyurus</i> (Hill 1851).</p> <p>Distribution: Jamaica.</p> <p>Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.</p> <p> Discussion: Sometimes includes <i>G. thoracatus</i> from Little Swan Isl (see that account). Reviewed by Anderson et al. (1983). Karyotype has 2n=88; FN=136 (George and Weir, 1972 <i>b</i>).</p> </body> </html>