# Capromys

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{{Short description|Genus of mammal}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Capromys pilorides.jpg
| image_caption = [Desmarest's hutia](/source/Desmarest's_hutia) ''(Capromys desmaresti)''
| taxon = Capromys
| authority = [Desmarest](/source/Anselme_Ga%C3%ABtan_Desmarest), 1822
| type_species = ''[Capromys pilorides](/source/Capromys_pilorides)''
| type_species_authority = [Say](/source/Thomas_Say), 1822
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''[Capromys garridoi](/source/Garrido's_hutia)'' (possibly extinct)<br />
''[Capromys pilorides](/source/Desmarest's_hutia)''
| range_map = Capromys Map.jpg
}}

'''''Capromys''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of rodents that contains [Desmarest's hutia](/source/Desmarest's_hutia), [Garrido's hutia](/source/Garrido's_hutia), and several recently extinct species, mainly from [Cuba](/source/Cuba),<ref>{{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}}</ref> although one extinct subspecies of Desmarest's hutia is known from [Grand Cayman](/source/Grand_Cayman).<ref name=Borroto>{{cite journal |last1=Borroto-Páez |first1=R. |title=UPDATED CHECKLIST OF ENDEMIC TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS OF THE WEST INDIES |date=2012}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==
The genus name ''Capromys'' derives from [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) {{wikt-lang|grc|κάπρος}} ({{grc-transl|κάπρος}}), meaning "pig, boar", and {{wikt-lang|grc|μῦς}} ({{grc-transl|μῦς}}), meaning "mouse, rat".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français|last=Bailly|first=Anatole |date=1981-01-01 |publisher=Hachette |isbn=978-2-01-003528-9 |location=Paris |oclc=461974285}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tabularium.be/bailly/ |title=Greek-french dictionary online |last=Bailly |first=Anatole|website=www.tabularium.be|access-date=2017-10-15}}</ref>

==Species==
The following species are considered valid per Borroto-Páez (2012) and the [American Society of Mammalogists](/source/American_Society_of_Mammalogists):<ref name=Borroto /><ref>{{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}}</ref>

*''[Capromys garridoi](/source/Capromys_garridoi)'' (Garrido's hutia, possibly extinct)
*''[Capromys pilorides](/source/Capromys_pilorides)'' (Desmarest's hutia or Cuban hutia)
**''C. p. ciprianoi''
**''C. p. doceleguas''
**''[C. p. gundlachianus](/source/Capromys_pilorides_gundlachianus)''
**†''C. p. lewisi''
**''C. p. pilorides''
**''C. p. relictus''
*†''[Capromys acevedo](/source/Capromys_acevedo)''
*†''[Capromys latus](/source/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''.<ref name=Borroto />

==References==
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Category:Rodent genera
Category:Hutias
Category:Taxa named by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest

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