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Hexolobodon phenax Miller 1929

Description

Hexolobodon phenax Miller 1929

Hexolobodon phenax Miller 1929, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 81: 19.

Type Locality: Haiti, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Small cave northeast of Saint Michael de l’Atalye.

Vernacular Names: Imposter Hutia.

Distribution: Hispaniola and La Gonave Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Includes H. poolei (Rímoli, 1976:21), which is known only by the type specimen (USNM No. 255881), because the normal dental variation of H. phenax included the diagnostic condition in H. poolei.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae, pp. 1593-1599 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1597, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Capromyidae
Genus
Hexolobodon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Miller
Species
phenax
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hexolobodon phenax Miller, 1929 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Miller, G. S., Jr. 1929. The characters of the genus Geocapromys Chapman. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 82 (4): 1 - 3, 1 pl.