Geocapromys

Geocapromys

Taxobox | name = "Geocapromys"
fossil_range = Pleistocene to Recent


image_caption = Mounted specimen of "Geocapromys brownii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Capromyidae
genus = "Geocapromys"
genus_authority = Chapman, 1901
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = "G. brownii " †"G. columbianus "G. ingrahami" †"G. megas †"G. pleistocenicus †"G. thoracatus"

"Geocapromys" is a genus of rodent, comprising of two extant species of hutia. The Bahamian Hutia or Ingraham's Hutia ("G. ingrahami") is native to the Bahamas, while the Jamaican Hutia ("G. brownii"), which is also known as the Jamaican Coney or Brown's Hutia, is endemic to Jamaica.

The Little Swan Island Hutia ("G. thoracatus") was a third species which found only on Little Swan Island, off north-eastern Honduras. It became extinct in 1955, wiped out by storms and introduced predators. Some scientists consider it a subspecies of "G. brownii".

"G. columbianus", "G. megas", and "G. pleistocenicus" are species known only from fossil remains.


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