Capromys Desmarest, 1822

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 800

Capromys Desmarest, 1822 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 185.

TYPE SPECIES: Capromys fournieri Desmarest, 1822 (= Isodon pilorides Say, 1822 ).

SYNONYMS: Macrocapromys .

COMMENTS: " Capromys " geayi (Pousarges, 1899) was described from Venezuela, where it was collected in the mountains between La Guayra and Caracas. It was placed in its own genus (Procapromys) by Chapman (1901:322). The type specimen is Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. (Paris) No. 1898-1785 (1834A). No further specimens have ever been collected, and it is probable that the collecting locality was incorrectly recorded. This specimen is likely a juvenile Capromys from Cuba erroneously reported from Venezuela.