Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Mesocapromys nanus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Mesocapromys nanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mesocapromys nanus
Mesocapromys nanus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mesocapromys nanus: Comments
Comment:
Status: U.S. ESA - Endangered as Capromys nana; ICUN - Critically Endangered. Some mammalogists consider this species to be extinct since no specimens have been collected since 1937, but it is still likely to survive in remote areas of the Zapata Swamp (Jorge...
Comment:
Comments: Placed in newly created subgenus Pygmaeocapromys by Varona (1979:5). In genus Mesocapromys, subgenus Paracapromys by Kratocvil et al. (1978:15) and Rodriguez et al. (1979). However, retained in Capromys subgenus Mysateles by Hall (1981:863) because of its long tail and small body size. Varona (1979:5), however, states that even though this species "automatically" is associated with Mysateles because of tail length, there are important cranial differences between nanus and other Mysateles. O...