Family Capromyidae

REVIEWED BY: G. C. Clough (GCC); M. A. Mares (MAM); G. S. Morgan (GSM); C. A. Woods (CAW).

COMMENT: Does not include Myocastor; see Woods and Howland, 1979, J. Mammal., 60:95- 116; also see comments under Myocastoridae . Includes the genera Hexolobodon and Hyperplagiodontia (from Haiti) and Macrocapromys (from Cuba), which are known only from fossils, possibly Holocene; see Hall, 1981:866-867, 870.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024000000000.