Plagiodontia Cuvier 1836 (hutia)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Capromyidae
Parent taxon: Capromyidae according to S. T. Turvey et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Capromys, Geocapromys, Isolobodontinae, Mesocapromys
Subtaxa: Plagiodontia aedium Plagiodontia araeum
Ecology: scansorial herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (9 collections), Haiti (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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