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 Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964 . Breviora, Mus . Comp. Zool., 203:2 . TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republic , Prov. San Rafael, unnamed cave 2 km SE of Rancho de la Guardia ( 18°43'N , 71°39'W ) . DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola. STATUS: Extinct. SYNONYMS: stenocoronalis . COMMENTS: Type description based on only left upper cheektooth (DP4). Subsequent fossil material collected in Haiti and deposited at the Florida Museum of Natural History includes complete cranial and dentary material, confirming the validity of this taxon. Hyperplagiodontia stenocoronalis of Rimoli (1976:34) is not distinct from P. araeum. A very large wide-toothed hutia.