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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Capromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Hexolobodontinae
--> GENUS Hexolobodon
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
poolei Rímoli, 1976 [1977]
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