Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Varona and Garrido 1970
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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.
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Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Varona and Garrido 1970
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
Varona and Garrido 1970: 3 |