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 Geocapromys brownii (Fischer, 1830) . Synopis. Mamm., Addenda, p. 389 (=589). TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica . DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica and Little Swan Isl. COMMENT: Includes thoracatus from Little Swan Isl.; see Hall, 1981:866 , and Varona, 1974:67 . Clough, 1976 , Biol. Conserv., 10:43-47, stated that thoracatus is extinct. Although most recent workers list thoracatus as a subspecies of brownii , it is quite different and probably should be regarded as a distinct species (GSM, CAW). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410024002001001.