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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyCapromyidae
  6. ›genusPlagiodontia
Plagiodontia aedium
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Hispaniolan Hutia

Plagiodontia aedium F.Cuvier, 1836

Also calledHispaniolan Hutia (hat) · Hutia de Cuvier (fra) · Hutia de Saint-Domingue (fra) · Hutia-de-Hispanola (por) · Juti[']a (hat) · Jutía de La Española (spa) · Plagiodonte de Haïti (fra) · Rat Cayes commun (fra) · Zagoeti van Cuvier (nld) · Zagouti (hat) · Zaguti (deu) · domingohutia haitańska (pol) · gonavesaarenhutia (fin) · zaguti obecná (ces)

First described in: Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser 2 vol.6 p.347

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

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Subspecies:: Subspecies Plagiodontia aedium subsp. aedium F. Cuvier 1836 Subspecies Plagiodontia aedium subsp. hylaeum Miller 1927

Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae

discussion

Discussion: Includes hylaeum as a separate subspecies (Anderson, 1965).

Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae

distribution

Distribution: Hispaniola, La Gonave Isl, not recorded from La Tortue Isl.

Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae

discussion

COMMENTS: Includes hylaeum as a separate subspecies (Anderson, 1965).

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 2437638.