Mesocapromys melanurus
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 melanurus
Name
Mesocapromys melanurus (Poey in Peters, 1865)
Holotype: unknown.
Type locality: “Manzanillo, Insula Cuba”.
Combinations
Capromys melanurus Poey in Peter, 1865: 384 [original combination]
Mysateles melanurus: Mohr, 1939: 59 [subsequent combination]
Capromys (Mysateles) melanurus: Aguayo & Howell, 1955: 1308 [subsequent combination]
Mysateles (Mysateles) melanurus: Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 49 [subsequent combination]
Mesocapromys melanurus: Borroto-Páez, 2002: 56 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
Capromys melanurus rufescens Mohr, 1939: 62
Holotype: ?ZMB, collected by J. Gundlach in 1857.
Type locality: “Manzanillo”, Granma Province, Cuba.
Mysateles (Leptocapromys) arboricolus Kratochvíl, Rodríguez & Baruš, 1978: 50 [synonymized by Varona (1986: 7)]
Holotype: CZACC 1.307, subadult ♀, skin, skull and skeleton, collected by Eduardo Solana, date unknown.
Type locality: “El Coco, 12 km West of Holguín”, Holguín Province, Cuba.
Native distribution areas
Cuba: Las Tunas (subfossil), Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo provinces
References
Primary references
Peters, W. [1864] 1865. Über einige neue Saugethiere (Mormoops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 381–399. BHL
Mohr, E. 1939. Die Baum-und Ferkelratten: Gattung Capromys Desmarest (sens ampl) und Plagiodontia Cuvier. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 48: 48–118.
Kratochvíl, J., Rodríguez, L. & Baruš, V. 1978. Capromyinae (Rodentia) of Cuba. I. Acta scientiarum naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemoslovacae, New Series 12(11): 1–60. Reference page.
Links
Mesocapromys melanurus 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., Young, R., Turvey, S.T. & Borotto-Páez, R. 2018. IUCN: Mysateles melanurus (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T14256A22187606. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14256A22187606.en
Vernacular names
English: Black-tailed Hutia
español: Jutía andaraz
The black-tailed hutia (Mesocapromys melanurus), also known as the bushy-tailed hutia, is a small, furry, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba. It lives in lowland moist forests and is threatened by habitat loss.[2] It is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
Although it was formerly classified in the genus Mysateles, phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging to the genus Mesocapromys.[3]
References
Kennerley, R.; Young, R.; Turvey, S.T. & Borotto-Páez, R. (2018). "Mysateles melanurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14256A22187606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14256A22187606.en. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
"Mesocapromys melanurus (Poey, 1865)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Upham, Nathan S.; Emmons, Louise H.; Justy, Fabienne; Leite, Yuri L. R.; Loss, Ana Carolina; Orlando, Ludovic; Tilak, Marie-Ka; Patterson, Bruce D.; Douzery, Emmanuel J. P. (2016-12-25). "Mitogenomic phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of South American spiny rats". Molecular Biology and Evolution: msw261. doi:10.1093/molbev/msw261. ISSN 0737-4038.
Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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