Capromys garridoi Varona, 1970 . Poeyana, ser. A, 74:2.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Archipiélago de los Canarreos, Cayo Maja .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

COMMENT: Placed in the genus Mysateles, subgenus Leptocapromys by Kratochvil et al., 1978, Acta Sci. Nat. Sci. Bohemoslov-Brno, 12(1 1):15. However, retained in Capromys by Hall, 1981:863, and Corbet and Hill, 1980:191. GSM, GCC, and CAW include Mysateles in Capromys.