Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1593
1599
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Mysateles garridoi
Varona 1970
Mysateles garridoi
Varona 1970
,
Poeyana, ser. A, 74: 2
.
Type Locality:
Cuba
, Archipiélago de los Canarreos, "Cayo Majá"; see comments.
Vernacular Names:
Garrido's Hutia
.
Distribution:
Known only from a single specimen from a small islet northwest of Cayo Largo,
Cuba
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Critically Endangered.
Discussion:
Placed in the genus
Mysateles
, subgenus
Leptocapromys
by Kratochvíl et al. (1978:15). However, retained in
Capromys
by Varona (in litt.) and by
Woods et al. (2001)
. The type locality has been clarified by Silva-Taboada (pers. comm.), who identified the correct name for the locality as a yet unnamed small cay adjacent to Cayo Largo in the Archipiélago de los Canarreos.
Varona (1970)
incorrectly applied the name Cayo Majá to this islet. It is known that this hutia does not occur on the adjacent Cayo Majá (three cays to the northwest of Cayo Largo) based
on 1990
expedition to this region by
R
. Borroto (pers. comm.). The single known specimen may have been left on the site where it was collected by fishermen, and not be from the area, so it is necessary to search more widely in the region to determine the status of this species (A. Camacho, pers. comm.).