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genus

Geocapromys Chapman, 1901

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Capromyidae - West Indian hutias »  subfamily Capromyinae - Western Antillean hutias

Included taxa

Number of records: 6

species Geocapromys brownii (J. B. Fischer, 1830) - Brown's Hutia

Geocapromys brownii

species Geocapromys columbianus (F. M. Chapman, 1892) - Cuban Hutia
species Geocapromys ingrahami (J. A. Allen, 1891) - Bahamian Hutia
species Geocapromys thoracatus (F. W. True, 1889) - Swan Island Hutiau

Fossil taxa

species Geocapromys caymanensis G. S. Morgan, MacPhee, R. Woods & Turvey, 2019 - Cayman Hutia
species Geocapromys megas Varona & Arredondo, 1979

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1045193]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Geocapromys Chapman, 1901]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon