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SPECIES Plagiodontia aedium

Author:F. Cuvier, 1836.
Citation:Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser 2, 6: 347.
Common Name:Hispaniolan Hutia
Type Locality:"Saint-Dominguie" (probably Haiti).
Distribution:Hispaniola, La Gonave Isl, not recorded from La Tortue Isl.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:Includes hylaeum as a separate subspecies (Anderson, 1965).
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SUBSPECIES aedium

SUBSPECIES hylaeum

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