Capromys melanurus Poey, 1865

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 560-594 : 579

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scientific name	Capromys melanurus Poey, 1865
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Capromys melanurus Poey, 1865 . In Peters, 1865, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 384.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Oriente Prov., Manzanillo .

DISTRIBUTION: Oriente Prov. ( Cuba).

COMMENT: Placed in the genus and subgenus Mysateles by Kratochvil et al., 1978, Acta Sci. Nat. Sci. Bohemoslov-Brno, 12(11):15. However, retained in Capromys by Hall, 1981:863, and Corbet and Hill, 1980:191. CAW, GSM, and GCC include Mysateles in Capromys . The author and date of publication for this species are usually given as Peters, 1864, but Varona, 1974:63, established the correct author and date as Poey, 1865.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024001001001.