Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979)

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 : 801

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7279590
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scientific name	Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979)
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Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979) View in CoL . Poeyana, 194:6.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Ciego de Avila Prov., Cayos de Ana Maria (21°30'N, 78°40'W) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION: Cayos de Ana Maria, Cuba.

STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

COMMENTS: Placed in the subgenus Pygmaeocapromys by Varona (1979:5). Unusual among capromyines in being sexually dimorphic. There are reports of the presence of M. angelcabrerai on the coast near Jucaró, but no confirmed specimens are known. This species and M. nanus are the two smallest hutias in Cuba.