Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona and Garrido, 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 : 802

Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona and Garrido, 1970) . Poeyana, ser. A, 75:3.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Pinar del Rio Prov., Archipiélago de los Canarreos, Cayo Juan Garcia (21°59'N, 83º31'W) .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from four specimens collected at the type locality.

STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered. The species is now considered to be extinct because a fire destroyed much of its habitat on Cayo Juan Garcia ( Frias et al., 1988).

COMMENTS: Placed in subgenus Mesocapromys by Varona (1974), and in genus Mesocapromys , subgenus Paracapromys by Kratochvil et al. (1978:15). The habitat of this species is uncertain, but all known specimens were captured in grasslands (Salicornia perennis = "yerba de vidrio") rather than mangroves.