Capromys
{{Short description|Genus of mammal}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Capromys pilorides.jpg
| image_caption = Desmarest's hutia (Capromys desmaresti)
| taxon = Capromys
| authority = Desmarest, 1822
| type_species = Capromys pilorides
| type_species_authority = Say, 1822
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Capromys garridoi (possibly extinct)
}}
Capromys is a genus of rodents that contains Desmarest's hutia, Garrido's hutia, and several recently extinct species, mainly from Cuba,{{cite journal |last1=Varona |first1=L.S. |last2=Arredondo |first2=O. |title=Nuevos táxones fósiles de Capromyidae (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) |journal=Poeyana |date=1979 |volume=195 |pages=1–51}} although one extinct subspecies of Desmarest's hutia is known from Grand Cayman.{{cite journal |last1=Borroto-Páez |first1=R. |title=UPDATED CHECKLIST OF ENDEMIC TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS OF THE WEST INDIES |date=2012}}
Species
The following species are considered valid per Borroto-Páez (2012) and the American Society of Mammalogists:{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5175993 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|access-date=2021-09-27}}
- Capromys garridoi (Garrido's hutia, possibly extinct)
- Capromys pilorides (Desmarest's hutia or Cuban hutia)
- C. p. ciprianoi
- C. p. doceleguas
- C. p. gundlachianus
- †C. p. lewisi
- C. p. pilorides
- C. p. relictus
- †Capromys acevedo
- †Capromys latus
Capromys arredondoi and Capromys pappus are now synonymous with the Cuban hutia. Capromys antiquus is synonymous with C. acevedo. Capromys robustus is synonymous with C. latus.
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