Mysateles meridionalis Varona 1986

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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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329981

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scientific name

Mysateles meridionalis Varona 1986
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Mysateles meridionalis Varona 1986 View in CoL

Mysateles meridionalis Varona 1986 View in CoL , Poeyana, 315: 4.

Type Locality: Cuba, north of Caleta Cocodrilos, SW Isla de la Juventud (former Isle of Pines).

Vernacular Names: Southern Hutia.

Distribution: Restricted to lowland forests SW of the central savanna on the Isle of Youth (south of W Cuba).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt), however, Borroto and Ramos (2003) recommend status of critically endangered.

Discussion: Closely related to Mysateles prehensilis , but differs in the proportion of the tail, which is 62 percent of body length in meridionalis , 73 percent in gundlachi , and 79 percent in prehensilis ; see also comments under prehensilis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Capromyidae

Genus

Mysateles

Loc

Mysateles meridionalis Varona 1986

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Mysateles meridionalis

Varona 1986: 4
1986
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