Geocapromys brownii

(J. B. Fischer, 1830)

Jamaican Hutia

Formerly in Capromyidae. Also as Brown's Hutia, Indian Coney, Jamaican Coney.
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Location:Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt Zoological GardenDate taken:7 November 1993Description:Formerly in Capromyidae. Also as Brown's Hutia, Indian Coney, Jamaican Coney.

Distribution :

Jamaica

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4767

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Octodontoidea
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Capromyinae
Tribe: Capromyini
Genus: Geocapromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fischer, J.B. 1830. Addenda et Emendanda. Pp. 529–752 in Fischer, J.B. 1829-1830. Synopsis Mammalium. J.G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 752 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=X31EAQAAMAAJ

Original name as described

Capromys brownii

Other common names

Brown's Hutia · Indian Coney · Jamaican Coney

Type locality

"Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Jamaica

Taxonomy notes

moved from Capromyidae to Echimyidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Fabre, P.-H., Upham, N.S., Emmons, L.H., Justy, F., Leite, Y.L.R., Loss, A.C., Orlando, L., Tilak, M.-K., Patterson, B.D. and Douzery, E.J.P. 2017. Mitogenomic phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of South American spiny rats. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34(3):613-633. doi:10.1093/molbev/msw261

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001376

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Capromys brownii

J. B. Fischer, 1830

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brownii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

In Jamaica; Cuba?

Type locality

Jamaica.

Authority page

589 [as 389]

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Chapman (1901:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20849)
Allen (1911:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67867)
Miller (1912:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7828392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11760)
Corbet & Hill (1991:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Capromys brachyurus

R. Hill in Gosse, 1851

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Jamaica

Type locality

Jamaica.

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24081527

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Tomes (1861:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36046)
True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
Trouessart (1897:613, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:509, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Plagiodontia Brownii:

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brownii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476822

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Capromys brachyura:

P. L. Sclater, 1872

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037850

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Sclater (1872:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Geocapromys brownii:

G. M. Allen, 1917

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

brownii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30290500

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1917:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30290500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34524)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Woods (1989:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66728)
Woods (1993:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Viñola-López, Bloch, Almonte Milán & LeFebvre (2022:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71847)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9001/22186569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Geocapromys browni:

Mohr, 1939

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

browni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut

Capromys browni:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

browni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

191

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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