Mysateles garridoi Varona 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 : 1597

Mysateles garridoi Varona 1970

Mysateles garridoi Varona 1970 , Poeyana, ser. A, 74: 2.

Type Locality: Cuba, Archipiélago de los Canarreos, "Cayo Majá"; see comments.

Vernacular Names: Garrido's Hutia.

Distribution: Known only from a single specimen from a small islet northwest of Cayo Largo, Cuba.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Placed in the genus Mysateles , subgenus Leptocapromys by Kratochvíl et al. (1978:15). However, retained in Capromys by Varona (in litt.) and by Woods et al. (2001). The type locality has been clarified by Silva-Taboada (pers. comm.), who identified the correct name for the locality as a yet unnamed small cay adjacent to Cayo Largo in the Archipiélago de los Canarreos. Varona (1970) incorrectly applied the name Cayo Majá to this islet. It is known that this hutia does not occur on the adjacent Cayo Majá (three cays to the northwest of Cayo Largo) based on 1990 expedition to this region by R. Borroto (pers. comm.). The single known specimen may have been left on the site where it was collected by fishermen, and not be from the area, so it is necessary to search more widely in the region to determine the status of this species (A. Camacho, pers. comm.).