Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Capromyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species: Mesocapromys auritus

Name

Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970)

  • Holotype: CZACC 1.189 (formerly IB 6501), adult ♂, skin, skull and mandibule, collected by researchers of Instituto de Biología in May 1969.
  • Type locality: “zona de los canales en la parte central de Cayo Fragoso”, Villa Clara Province, Cuba.

Combinations

  • Capromys (Mesocapromys) auritus Varona, 1970: 1,8 [original combination]
  • Mesocapromys (Mesocapromys) auritus: Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

  • Cuba (Villa Clara: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey: Cayo Fragoso)

References

Primary references

  • Varona, L.S. 1970. Nueva especie y nuevo subgénero de Capromys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) de Cuba (In Spanish). Poeyana, Serie A 73: 1–18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Eared Hutia
español: Jutía rata
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