Isolobodon portoricensis Allen, 1916

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 : 804

Isolobodon portoricensis Allen, 1916 . Ann. New York Acad. Sci., 27:19.

TYPE LOCALITY: Puerto Rico, Jobo Dist., near Utuado .

DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola ( Haiti and Dominican Republic) and offshore islands. Introduced on Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and Mona Islands. The only known jutfa on La Gonave island.

STATUS: Probably extinct, but possibly surviving on La Tortue island off the north coast of Haiti ( Woods et al., 1985).

SYNONYMS: levir .

COMMENTS: Even though the type locality is Puerto Rico, the species was apparently introduced there by Amerindians and the natural range is restricted to Hispaniola. Reported as extinct by Hall (1981:868), but this species survived in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico until the last few decades, and may still survive in certain remote areas ( Woods et al., 1985). Includes I. levir ( Reynolds et al., 1953) .