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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Capromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Capromyinae
--> GENUS Geocapromys
SPECIES Geocapromys brownii
Author: | Fischer, 1830. | Citation: | Synopis. Mamm., Addenda: 389 (=589). | Common Name: | Jamaician Hutia | Type Locality: | "Jamaica". | Distribution: | Jamaica. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Sometimes includes G. thoracatus from Little Swan Isl (see that account). Reviewed by Anderson et al. (1983). Karyotype has 2n=88; FN=136 (George and Weir, 1972b). |
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