Mysateles prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824)

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 : 803

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scientific name	Mysateles prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824)
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Mysateles prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824) View in CoL . Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 4:11.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, wooded south coast .

DISTRIBUTION: Cuba, mainly west of Camagüey Province. The status of this species in the eastern provinces (old Oriente Prov.) is not clear.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: poeyi, poeppingi , pallidus .

COMMENTS: Placed in the subgenus Mysateles by Mohr (1939:54) and Varona (1974), and in the genus and subgenus Mysateles by Kratochvil et al. (1978:15). This is the largest species of Mysateles ; see comments under gundlachi and meridionalis .