Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Varona and Garrido 1970

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 : 1596

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11329975
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scientific name	Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Varona and Garrido 1970
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Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Varona and Garrido 1970 View in CoL

Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Varona and Garrido 1970 View in CoL , Poeyana, ser. A, 75: 3.

Type Locality: Cuba, Pinar del Rio Prov., Archipiélago de los Canarreos, Cayo Juan Garcia (21 o 59’N, 83 o 31’W) GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: San Felipe Hutia.

Distribution: Known only from four specimens collected at the type locality.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as Capromys sanfelipensis ; IUCN – Critically Endangered. Fire destroyed much of its habitat on Cayo Juan Garcia ( Frias et al., 1988) and thus may now be extinct.

Discussion: Placed in subgenus Mesocapromys by Varona (1974), and in genus Mesocapromys , subgenus Paracapromys by Kratochvíl et al. (1978:15). The habitat of this species is uncertain, but all known specimens were captured in grasslands ( Salicornia perennis = "yerba de vidrio") rather than mangroves.