- Geocapromys
Taxobox | name = "Geocapromys"
fossil_range =Pleistocene to Recent
image_caption = Mounted specimen of "Geocapromys brownii "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
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 ofrodent , comprising of two extant species ofhutia . TheBahamian Hutia or Ingraham's Hutia ("G. ingrahami") is native to theBahamas , 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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