Capromyidae 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

Capromyidae Smith 1842

Capromyidae Smith 1842 , The Naturalist's Library (London), Vol. 15: 308.

Genera: 8 genera with 20 species in 4 subfamilies:

Subfamily Capromyinae Smith 1842

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)

Subfamily Hexolobodontinae Woods 1989

Genus Hexolobodon Miller 1929 (1 species)

Subfamily Isolobodontinae Woods 1989

Genus Isolobodon J. A. Allen 1916 (2 species)

Subfamily Plagiodontinae Ellerman 1940

Genus Plagiodontia F. Cuvier 1836 (3 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Rhizoplagiodontia Woods 1989 (1 species)

Discussion: Does not include Myocastor , and apparently represents an entirely intra-Caribbean radiation ( Woods 1989 a, b; Woods and Howland, 1979); but see comments under Myocastoridae . Woods (1982:386-387) included West Indian Heteropsomyinae in this family, but here this group is assigned to the Echimyidae (see comments under Heteropsomyinae). Varona (1974) and Corbet and Hill (1991:203) classified most of the following species in either of two genera ( Capromys or Plagiodontia ), whereas Woods (1989 a, b) separated them into several distinct subfamilies and genera.