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Capromyidae (hutia)
Taxonomy
Capromyidae was named by Smith (1842). It is extant.
It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Turvey et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Turvey et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Capromyidae Smith |
| 1958 | Capromyidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1988 | Capromyidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Capromyidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Capromyidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Capromyidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246 |
| 2015 | Capromyidae Turvey et al. p. 207 |
| 2015 | Capromyidae Upham and Patterson |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Capromyidae Smith 1842 [hutia]
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G. Capromys Desmarest 1822
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†Capromys acevedo Borroto-Páez et al. 2012
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Invalid names: Macrocapromys acevedoi Arredondo 1958 [objective synonym]
†Capromys latus Varona and Arredondo 1979
Capromys pilorides Say 1822 [Cuban hutia]
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Invalid names: Capromys fournieri Desmarest 1822 [synonym]
Invalid names: Macrocapromys Arredondo 1958 [objective synonym]
G. Geocapromys Chapman 1901
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†Geocapromys columbianus Chapman 1982
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Invalid names: Geocapromys pleistocenicus Arredondo 1958 [synonym]
Subfm. †Isolobodontinae
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G. †Zazamys MacPhee and Iturralde-Vinent 1995
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†Zazamys veronicae MacPhee and Iturralde-Vinent 1995
G. Plagiodontia Cuvier 1836
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Plagiodontia aedium Cuvier 1836
Plagiodontia aedium bondi Turvey et al. 2015
†Plagiodontia araeum Ray 1964
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Invalid names: Hyperplagiodontia stenocoronalis Rímoli 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available