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Family Capromyidae Smith 1842 (hutia)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Capromyidae

Parent taxon: Octodontoidea according to N. S. Upham and B. D. Patterson 2015

See also Carroll 1988, Huchon and Douzery 2001, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Turvey et al. 2015 and Wood 1958

Sister taxa: Abrocomidae, Acarechimys, Acaremyidae, Adelphomys, Caviocricetus, Changquin, Chasichimys, Ctenomyidae, Deseadomys, Draconomys, Dudumus, Echimyidae, Eodelphomys, Eoespina, Eosachacui, Eosallamys, Ethelomys, Kannabateomys, Lapazomys, Leucokephalos, Llitun, Loretomys, Marisela, Mayomys, Migraveramus, Myocastoridae, Neophanomys, Octodontidae, Paulacoutomys, Plesiacarechimys, Proechimys, Prospaniomys, Protacaremys, Protadelphomys, Sallamys, Selvamys, Spaniomys, Stichomys, Vallehermosomys, Xylechimys

Subtaxa: Capromys Geocapromys Isolobodontinae Mesocapromys Plagiodontia

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (10 collections), Bolivia (1), Cayman Islands (16), Cuba (7), the Dominican Republic (9), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Bolivia (1), Cuba (1)

Total: 47 collections including 74 occurrences

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