Wide-toothed Hutia
Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964
First described in: Breviora, Mus. Comp. Zool. vol.203 p.2
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Type description based on only left upper cheek tooth (DP 4). 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.
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
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Type Locality: Dominican Republic, Prov. San Rafael, unnamed cave 2 km SE Rancho de la Guardia (18 o 43 ’ N, 71 o 39 ’ W).
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Type description based on only left upper cheektooth (DP 4). 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.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
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TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republic, Prov. San Rafael, unnamed cave 2 km SE of Rancho de la Guardia (18 ° 43 ' N, 71 ° 39 ' W).
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437639.