Plagiodontia araeum Ray 1964

Plagiodontia araeum Ray 1964, Breviora, Mus . Comp. Zool., 203: 2.

Type Locality: Dominican Republic, Prov. San Rafael, unnamed cave 2 km SE Rancho de la Guardia (18 o 43’N, 71 o 39’W) .

Vernacular Names: Wide-toothed Hutia.

Distribution: Hispaniola.

Conservation: Extinct.

Discussion: Type description based on only left upper cheek tooth (DP 4). Subsequent fossil material collected in Haiti and deposited at the Florida Museum of Natural History includes complete cranial and dentary material, confirming the validity of this taxon. Hyperplagiodontia stenocoronalis of Rimoli (1976:34) is not distinct from P. araeum . A very large wide-toothed hutia.