Desmarest's Hutia
Capromys pilorides (Say, 1822)
Also calledCubaanse Hutia (nld) · Garridobeverrotte (nob) · Hutia cubain (fra) · Hutia kubańska (pol) · Hutia pilori (fra) · Hutia-cubana (por) · Hutiaconga (deu) · Jutia conga (spa) · Jutía conga (spa) · Kuba-Baumratte (deu) · guantanamonhutia (fin) · hutia Garridova (ces) · majanhutia (fin) · Кубинская хутия (rus)
First described in: Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vol.2 p.333
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Capromys pilorides subsp. pilorides Say 1822 Subspecies Capromys pilorides subsp. doceleguas Varona 1980 Subspecies Capromys pilorides subsp. relictus Allen 1911
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
conservation
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common (extremely abundant in some areas, including Guantanamo Bay Naval Base).
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
discussion
Discussion: The first mention of this species name is as Mus pilorides Pallas 1778, however, Tate (1935: 309) noted that it is not associated with this genus. Sometimes placed in the subgenus Capromys; see Hall (1981: 863). This species is very variable in size, coloration, and habits. There are five named subspecies (ciprianoi, doceleguas, gundlachianus, pilorides, and relictus; see Varona (1983 a: 77) and Borroto Paez et al., 1992: 98). No genetic differentiation of cytochrome b was reported for the two subspecies (ciprianoi and relictus) on the Isle of Youth (Woods et al., 2001). However, gundlachianus from Cayo Fragoso was reported to show over 5 % sequence divergence and here we are elevating it to species level. Macrocapromys acevedo described by Arredondo (1958: 10) is not distinct at the generic level, and is probably synonymous with pilorides. Arredondo's spelling was acevedo, but this was noted as [sic] by Varona (1974) who changed the spelling to acevedoi. This spelling was followed by Hall (1981) but it should be noted that acevado is the correct usage according to Brodkorb (1961). Karyptype has 2 n = 40; FN = 64 (Hsu and Benirschke, 1971; Milišnikov et al., 1990).
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
distribution
Distribution: Mainland Cuba, Isle of Youth, Archipiélago de las Doce Lequnas, Archipiélago de Sabana, and many other islands and cays in the Cuban archipelago.
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437653.