Capromyinae Smith, 1842

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

Subfamily Capromyinae Smith, 1842 . The Naturalist's Library (London), 15:30.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Kratochvil et al. (1978), Varona and Arredondo (1979), and Silva and Garrido (in press). The status of Brachycapromys , Mysateles , Mesocapromys , Pygmaeocapromys, Paracaprontys and Stenocapromys as genera or subgenera is unresolved ( Hall, 1981; Rodriguez et al., 1979; Silva and Garrido, in press; Woods and Howland, 1979). This group is in need of revision to standardize the taxonomic levels proposed for the Cuban radiation of capromyids with taxonomic categories established for Hispaniola. Until the group is revised, the Cuban capromyids are placed in three genera as accepted by the majority of Cuban systematists (Capromys, Mesocapromys , Mysateles). In addition to the extant forms described below, 13 extinct forms of Capromys-like hutias have been described (Silva and Garrido, in press; Varona and Arredondo, 1979): Capromys antiquus, C. arredondoi, C. latus, C. pappus, C. robustus, Mesocapromys barbouri, M. beatrizae, M. delicatus, M. gracilis, M. kraglievichi, M. minimus, M. silvai, and Mysateles jaumei. Some of these were described in separate subgenera (i.e. Pygmaeocapromys, Brachycapromys, Palaeocapromys), but the arrangement in Silva and Garrido (in press) is followed until a revision of the family is completed.