Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Mesocapromys auritus
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 auritus
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 auritus
Mesocapromys auritus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mesocapromys auritus: Comments
Comment:
Status: U.S. ESA - Endangered as Capromys auritus; IUCN - Critically Endangered
Comment:
Comments: This form is known only from mangrove habitats along the edge of canals passing across Cayo Fragoso. This form constructs nests that are very similar to those of angelcabrerai. Karyotype has 2n=36 (Hemandez and Sanchez, 1987)