Capromyidae, Smith, 1842

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 : 578

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353039
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7201982
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scientific name	Capromyidae
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Family Capromyidae View in CoL

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.