Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Capromys Desmarest, 1822 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 185 . TYPE SPECIES: Capromys fournieri Desmarest, 1822 (= Isodon pilorides Say, 1822 ). SYNONYMS: Macrocapromys . COMMENTS: " Capromys " geayi (Pousarges, 1899) was described from Venezuela , where it was collected in the mountains between La Guayra and Caracas. It was placed in its own genus (Procapromys) by Chapman (1901:322) . The type specimen is Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. (Paris) No. 1898-1785 (1834A). No further specimens have ever been collected, and it is probable that the collecting locality was incorrectly recorded. This specimen is likely a juvenile Capromys from Cuba erroneously reported from Venezuela .