Capromys Desmarest, 1822

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

Capromys Desmarest, 1822 . Bull. Sei. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 185.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Kratochvil et al., 1978, Acta Sei. Nat. Brno, 12(1 1): 1 —60, and Varona and Arredondo, 1979, Poeyana, 195:1-51. The status of Geocapromys , Mysateles, Mesocapromys and Paracapromys as genera or subgenera is unresolved; see Kratochvil et al., 1978, Woods and Howland, 1979, J. Mammal., 60: 112, Rodriguez et al., 1979, Folia ZooL, 28(2):97-102, and Hall, 1981:863-866. This genus is in need of revision and may prove to contain fewer species (CAW).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024001000000.