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--> FAMILY Capromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Plagiodontinae
--> GENUS Plagiodontia
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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