Genus of mammals belonging to the hutia subfamily of rodents
Geocapromys
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Mounted specimen of Geocapromys brownii
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Echimyidae
Subfamily:
Capromyinae
Tribe:
Capromyini
Genus:
Geocapromys Chapman, 1901
Type species
Capromys (Geocapromys) brownii
Species
G. brownii G. ingrahami
†G. caymanensis
†G. columbianus
†G. thoracatus
Geocapromys is a genus of rodent belonging to the hutia subfamily[1] and are currently only found on the Bahamas and Jamaica.[2] However, they formerly ranged throughout the Caribbean, from Cuba to the Cayman Islands to even islands off mainland Central America.
^Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Geocapromys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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