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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Capromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Isolobodontinae
--> GENUS Isolobodon
SPECIES Isolobodon montanus
| Author: | Miller, 1922. | | Citation: | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 74: 3. | | Common Name: | Montane Hutia | | Type Locality: | Haiti, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Cave northeast of Saint Michael de l’Atalye. | | Distribution: | Hispaniola and La Gonave Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Extinct. | | Comments: | Originally described in a separate genus from I. portoricensis because the enamel folds of the cheekteeth connect to form separate laminar plates, but a large series of each species indicates that this character is clinal, and the two forms are very closely related. |
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