Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970)

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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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353083

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352863

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scientific name

Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970)
status

 

Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970) View in CoL . Poeyana, ser. A, 73:1.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Las Villas Prov., Archipiélago de Sabana, Cayo Fragoso (22°41'N, 79º27'W) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

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

COMMENTS: This form is known only from mangrove habitats along the edges of canals passing across Cayo Fragoso. This form constructs nests that are very similar to those of angelcabrerai .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

SubOrder

Hystricognathi

Family

Capromyidae

Genus

Mesocapromys

Loc

Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970)

Charles A. Woods 1993
1993
Loc

Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970)

Varona 1970: 1
1970
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