Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Octodontoidea
Familia: Capromyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species: Mesocapromys auritus
Name
Mesocapromys auritus (Varona, 1970)
Holotype: CZACC 1.189 (formerly IB 6501), adult ♂, skin, skull and mandibule, collected by researchers of Instituto de Biología in May 1969.
Type locality: “zona de los canales en la parte central de Cayo Fragoso”, Villa Clara Province, Cuba.
Combinations
Capromys (Mesocapromys) auritus Varona, 1970: 1,8 [original combination]
Mesocapromys (Mesocapromys) auritus: Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978 [subsequent combination]
Native distribution areas
Cuba (Villa Clara: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey: Cayo Fragoso)
References
Primary references
Varona, L.S. 1970. Nueva especie y nuevo subgénero de Capromys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) de Cuba (In Spanish). Poeyana, Serie A 73: 1–18. Reference page.
Links
Mesocapromys auritus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Kennerley, R., Turvey, S.T. & Young, R. 2019. IUCN: Mesocapromys auritus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13216A22186197. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13216A22186197.en
Vernacular names
English: Eared Hutia
español: Jutía rata
The eared hutia or large-eared hutia (Mesocapromys auritus) is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the Caribbean island of Cayo Fragoso, off the north coast of Cuba. It lives in coastal mangrove forests and swamps, and is threatened by habitat loss. It is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
References
Kennerley, R.; Turvey, S.T.; Young, R. (2019). "Mesocapromys auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13216A22186197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13216A22186197.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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