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SPECIES Hexolobodon phenax

Author:Miller, 1929.
Citation:Smithson. Misc. Coll., 81: 19.
Common Name:Imposter Hutia
Type Locality:Haiti, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Small cave northeast of Saint Michael de l’Atalye.
Distribution:Hispaniola and La Gonave Isl.
Status:IUCN – Extinct.
Comments:Includes H. poolei (Rímoli, 1976:21), which is known only by the type specimen (USNM No. 255881), because the normal dental variation of H. phenax included the diagnostic condition in H. poolei.
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    poolei Rímoli, 1976 [1977]

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