Geocapromys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Mounted specimen of Geocapromys brownii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Subfamily: | Capromyinae |
Tribe: | Capromyini |
Genus: | Geocapromys Chapman, 1901 |
Type species | |
Capromys (Geocapromys) brownii | |
Species | |
G. brownii |
Geocapromys is a genus of rodent belonging to the hutia subfamily[1] and are currently only found on the Bahamas and Jamaica.[2] However, they formerly ranged throughout the Caribbean, from Cuba to the Cayman Islands to even islands off mainland Central America.
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