Mysateles melanurus (Poey, 1865)

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 : 802-803

Mysateles melanurus (Poey, 1865) . In Peters, 1865, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 384.

TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba, Manzanillo, Gramma Prov. (Oriente region) .

DISTRIBUTION: E provinces of Cuba.

STATUS: IUCN - Rare. Locally abundant in Giiisa, Gramma Prov., but uncommon in other regions of the eastern provinces (A. Camacho, pers. comm.).

SYNONYMS: arboricolus.

COMMENTS: The author and date of publication for this species are usually given as Peters, 1864, but Varona (1974:63), established the correct author and date as Poey, 1865. Includes arboricolus of Kratochvil et al. (1978:48), who placed it in the genus Mysateles , subgenus Leptocapromys. However, this specimen is considered to be a young female C. melanurus by Varona (1986:7). I have examined the specimen, and concur with Varona.