Geocapromys

Geocapromys
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Mounted specimen of Geocapromys brownii
Scientific classification Edit this 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
G. ingrahami
G. caymanensis
G. columbianus
G. thoracatus

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.

  1. ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Genus Geocapromys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fabre2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).