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Plagiodontia (Hispaniolan hutia)

Synonyms: Hyperplagiodontia; Plagiodon

Wikipedia Abstract

Plagiodontia is a genus of rodent in the family Capromyidae. The name Plagiodontia means "oblique tooth" in Greek. This genus contains the following four species (three of them extinct): \n* Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) F. Cuvier, 1836 \n* † San Rafael hutia or wide-toothed hutia (Plagiodontia araeum) Ray, 1964 \n* † Samana hutia (Plagiodontia ipnaeum) Johnson, 1948 \n* † Plagiodontia spelaeum
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Species

Plagiodontia aedium (Hispaniolan hutia) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Plagiodontia araeum (San Rafael hutia) (Attributes)
Plagiodontia ipnaeum (Samana hutia) (Extinct) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0