Geocapromys thoracatus (True 1888)

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 : 1595

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scientific name	Geocapromys thoracatus (True 1888)
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Geocapromys thoracatus (True 1888) View in CoL

[Geocapromys] thoracatus (True 1888) View in CoL , Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus ., 11: 469.

Type Locality: "Little Swan Island, one of the two small islands lying at the entrance of the Gulf of Honduras ".

Vernacular Names: Swan Island Hutia.

Distribution: Little Swan Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct; Clough (1976) stated that thoracatus became extinct in 1950s, possibly as a result of introduced cats on the island.

Discussion: Sometimes included as a subspecies of G. brownii ; see Mohr (1939:77), Hall (1981:866), and Varona (1974:67). Morgan (1985) reconfirmed its status as a distinct species. Reviewed by Morgan (1989 a, Mammalian Species No. 341).