Mesocapromys 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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scientific name	Mesocapromys Varona, 1970
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Mesocapromys Varona, 1970 View in CoL . Poeyana, 73:8.

TYPE SPECIES: Capromys (Mesocapromys) auritus Varona, 1970 .

SYNONYMS: Paracapromys, Pygmaeocapromys, Stenocapromys .

COMMENTS: Original use of name was as a subgenus, which was elevated to a genus by Kratochvil et al. (1978:15). All members of this genus are small (less than 1 kg), and construct large nests made of sticks, unlike Mysateles .