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 Mysateles meridionalis (Varona, 1986) . Poeyana, 315:4 . TYPE LOCALITY: North of Caleta Cocodrilos, southwestern Isla de la Juventud (former Isle of Pines) . DISTRIBUTION: Restricted to lowland forests SW of the central savanna of the Isle of Youth (south of W Cuba ). STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate; but probably very uncommon. COMMENTS: Closely related to Mystateles prehensilis and M. gundlachi , but different in the proportion of the tail which is 62 percent of body length in meridionalis , 73 percent in gundlachi , and 79 percent in prehensilis ; see also comments under gundlachi and prehensilis .