Capromys nanus G. M. Allen, 1917

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 560-594 : 579

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scientific name	Capromys nanus G. M. Allen, 1917
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Capromys nanus G. M. Allen, 1917 . Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, 6:54.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Matanzas Prov., Sierra de Hato Nuevo .

DISTRIBUTION: Ciénaga (swamp) de Zapata (Matanzas Prov., Cuba).

COMMENT: Subgenus Pygmaeocapromys ; see Varona, 1979, Poeyana, 194:6. Placed in the genus Mesocapromys , subgenus Paracapromys by Kratochvil et al., 1978, Acta Sci. Nat. Sci. Bohemoslov-Brno, 12(11):15, and Rodríguez et al., 1979, Folia Zool., 28(2):97-102. However, retained in Capromys by Hall, 1981:863, Varona, 1979, Poeyana, 194:6, and Corbet and Hill, 1980:191. GSM, GCC, and CAW include Mesocapromys in Capromys . Originally based on fossil material, but subsequently found living in the Zapata Swamp (GSM).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024001002001 as C. nana (sic).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Capromyidae
Genus	Capromys