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 0-89327-235-3 7353039 Capromys nanus G. M. Allen, 1917 . Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, 6:54 . TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba , Matanzas Prov. , Sierra de Hato Nuevo . DISTRIBUTION: Ciénaga (swamp) de Zapata ( Matanzas Prov. , Cuba ). COMMENT: Subgenus Pygmaeocapromys ; see Varona, 1979, Poeyana, 194:6. Placed in the genus Mesocapromys , subgenus Paracapromys by Kratochvil et al., 1978 , Acta Sci. Nat. Sci. Bohemoslov-Brno, 12(11):15, and Rodríguez et al., 1979 , Folia Zool., 28(2):97-102. However, retained in Capromys by Hall, 1981:863 , Varona, 1979, Poeyana, 194:6, and Corbet and Hill, 1980:191 . GSM, GCC, and CAW include Mesocapromys in Capromys . Originally based on fossil material, but subsequently found living in the Zapata Swamp (GSM). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024001002001 as C. nana (sic).