Capromys nanus G. M. Allen, 1917 . Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, 6:54.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Matanzas Prov., Sierra de Hato Nuevo .

DISTRIBUTION: Ciénaga (swamp) de Zapata (Matanzas Prov., Cuba).

COMMENT: Subgenus Pygmaeocapromys; see Varona, 1979, Poeyana, 194:6. Placed in the genus Mesocapromys, subgenus Paracapromys by Kratochvil et al., 1978, Acta Sci. Nat. Sci. Bohemoslov-Brno, 12(11):15, and Rodríguez et al., 1979, Folia Zool., 28(2):97-102. However, retained in Capromys by Hall, 1981:863, Varona, 1979, Poeyana, 194:6, and Corbet and Hill, 1980:191. GSM, GCC, and CAW include Mesocapromys in Capromys . Originally based on fossil material, but subsequently found living in the Zapata Swamp (GSM).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024001002001 as C. nana (sic).