Order Rodentia (Part 6)
Author
James H. Honacki
Author
Kenneth E. Kinman
Author
James W. Koeppl
text
1982
Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Editor
James H. Honacki
Editor
Kenneth E. Kinman
Editor
James W. Koeppl
Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition)
560
594
book chapter
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353039
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Myocastor
Kerr, 1792
.
Anim. Kingdom, p. 225
.
COMMENT:
Myocastor
is not a capromyid and was referred to the Family
Myocastoridae
Ameghino, 1904
, by
Woods and Howland, 1979
, J. Mammal., 60: 114. Although Patterson and Pasqual, 1968, Breviora, 301:6, included
Myocastor
and several fossil forms as the subfamily
Myocastorinae
of the
Echimyidae
, it is generally agreed that
Myocastor
is not an echimyid (GSM). Includes
Myopotamus
;
see
Cabrera, 1958:569
.
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