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Mesocapromys Varona 1970
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Description
Mesocapromys Varona, 1970. Poeyana, 73:8.
TYPE SPECIES: Capromys (Mesocapromys) auritus Varona, 1970.
SYNONYMS: Paracapromys, Pygmaeocapromys, Stenocapromys.
COMMENTS: Original use of name was as a subgenus, which was elevated to a genus by Kratochvil et al. (1978:15). All members of this genus are small (less than 1 kg), and construct large nests made of sticks, unlike Mysateles.
Notes
Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 801, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1D26FFF6FFD8FFD7FFE1FC69FFB0DF05 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Varona
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Capromyidae
- Genus
- Mesocapromys
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mesocapromys Varona, 1970 sec. Woods, 1993
References
- Varona, L. S. 1970. Nueva especie y nuevo subgenero de Capromys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) de Cuba. Poeyana (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba), 73: 1 - 18.
- Kratochvil, J., L. Rodriguez, and V. Barus. 1978. Capromyinae (Rodentia) of Cuba. I. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium. Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae (Brno), n. s., 12 (11): 1 - 60.