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)
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806
book chapter
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Isolobodon portoricensis
Allen, 1916
.
Ann.
New York
Acad. Sci., 27:19
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Puerto Rico
, Jobo Dist., near
Utuado
.
DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola (
Haiti
and
Dominican Republic
) and offshore islands. Introduced on
Puerto Rico
, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and Mona Islands. The only known jutfa on La Gonave island.
STATUS: Probably extinct, but possibly surviving on La Tortue island off the north coast of
Haiti
(
Woods et al., 1985
).
SYNONYMS:
levir
.
COMMENTS: Even though the type locality is
Puerto Rico
, the species was apparently introduced there by Amerindians and the natural range is restricted to Hispaniola. Reported as extinct by
Hall (1981:868)
, but this species survived in Hispaniola and
Puerto Rico
until the last few decades, and may still survive in certain remote areas (
Woods et al., 1985
). Includes
I. levir
(
Reynolds et al., 1953
)
.