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Taxon: Genus Capromys Desmarest, 1822 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: [*] 21o;132f;1061g;4316s; ‡1f;5g;38s
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
  Count: [*] 29f;399g;1788s; ‡1g;16s
     Family Capromyidae Smith, 1842 - hutias and nutria
    Count: [*] 2g;14s
       Genus Capromys Desmarest, 1822 - Cuban hutias
      Count: [*] 13s
         01 Capromys angelcabrerae see Capromys angelcabrerai
        Count: -
         02 Capromys arboricolus see Capromys melanurus Peters, 1864
        Count: -
         03 Capromys auritus
        Count: -
         04 Capromys brownii - Brown's hutia see Geocapromys brownii (J. Fischer, 1829)
        Count: -
         05 Capromys garridoi 1967
        Count: -
         06 Capromys gundlachi
        Count: -
         07 Capromys ingrahami - Bahaman hutia see Geocapromys ingrahami (J.A. Allen, 1891)
        Count: -
         08 Capromys melanurus Peters, 1864 - bushy-tailed hutia
        Count: -
         09 Capromys meridionalis
        Count: -
         10 Capromys nanus G.M. Allen, 1917 - dwarf hutia
        Count: -
         11 Capromys pilorides (Say, 1822) - Desmarest's hutia
        Count: -
         12 Capromys prehensilis Poeppig, 1824 - prehensile-tailed hutia
        Count: -
         13 Capromys sanfelipensis 1970
        Count: -

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