Capromyinae Smith 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1593-1599 : 1593

Capromyinae Smith 1842

Capromyinae Smith 1842 , The Naturalist's Library (London), Vol. 15: 30.

Genera: 4 genera with 13 species:

Genus Capromys Desmarest 1822 (2 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Geocapromys Chapman 1901 (3 species)

Genus Mesocapromys Varona 1970 (5 species)

Genus Mysateles Lesson 1842 (3 species with 2 subspecies)

Discussion: Reviewed by Kratochvíl et al. (1978), Varona and Arredondo (1979), and Borroto (2002). The status of Brachycapromys , Mysateles , Mesocapromys , Pygmaeocapromys , Paracapromys , and Stenocapromys as genera or subgenera is unresolved ( Hall, 1981; Rodriquez et al., 1979; Woods and Howland, 1979). This group is in need of revision to standardize the taxonomic levels proposed for the Cuban radiation of capromyids with taxonomic categories established for Hispaniola. The living Cuban capromyids are placed in three genera ( Capromys , Mesocapromys , Mysateles ) as accepted by the majority of Cuban systematists (see Kratochvil et al., 1978 and Borroto, 2002). Woods et al. (2001) demonstrated that Mysateles is paraphyletic, and placed melanurus within the genus Mesocapromys . In addition to the extant forms described below, 13 extinct forms of Capromys like hutias have been described (Varona and Arredondo, 1979): Capromys antiquus , C. arredondoi , C. latus , C. pappus , C. robustus , Mesocapromys barbouri , M. beatrizae , M. delicatus , M. gracilis , M. kraglievichi , M. minimus , M. silvai , and Mysateles jaumei . Some of these were described in separate subgenera (i.e. Pygmaeocapromys , Brachycapromys , Palaeocapromys ).