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
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