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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Capromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Capromyinae
--> GENUS Geocapromys
SPECIES Geocapromys thoracatus
| Author: | True, 1888. | | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 11: 469. | | Common Name: | Swan Island Hutia | | Type Locality: | "Little Swan Island, one of the two small islands lying at the entrance of the Gulf of Honduras". | | Distribution: | Little Swan Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Extinct; Clough (1976) stated that thoracatus became extinct in 1950s, possibly as a result of introduced cats on the island. | | Comments: | Sometimes included as a subspecies of G. brownii; see Mohr (1939:77), Hall (1981:866), and Varona (1974:67). Morgan (1985) reconfirmed its status as a distinct species. Reviewed by Morgan (1989a, Mammalian Species No. 341). |
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