Plagiodontia aedium F. Cuvier, 1836 . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 2, 6:347.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Saint-Domingue " (probably Haiti) .

DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola, La Gonave Island, not recorded from La Tortue island.

STATUS: IUCN - Rare.

SYNONYMS: hylaeum, spelaeum.

COMMENTS: Includes hylaeum as a separate subspecies (Anderson, 1965).