Hexolobodon phenax Miller 1929

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 : 1597

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scientific name	Hexolobodon phenax Miller 1929
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Hexolobodon phenax Miller 1929 , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 81: 19.

Type Locality: Haiti, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Small cave northeast of Saint Michael de l’Atalye.

Vernacular Names: Imposter Hutia.

Distribution: Hispaniola and La Gonave Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Includes H. poolei (Rímoli, 1976:21), which is known only by the type specimen ( USNM No. 255881), because the normal dental variation of H. phenax included the diagnostic condition in H. poolei .