Redetermination of holotype of Isolobodon portoricensis (Rodentia, Capromyidae) : with notes on Recent mammalian extinctions in Puerto Rico

Title Variants

Alternative: Isolobodon portoricensis holotype

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3278

By

Flemming, Clare.

MacPhee, R. D. E.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1999

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 12, 1999."

"While examining material of the Antillean capromyid Isolobodon portoricensis, we discovered that the specimen designated by Allen (1916) as the holotype of this species has been consistently misidentified in the literature (e.g., Lawrence, 1993). In this paper we correct this error and make some observations on Allen's (1916) designated type series in the AMNH-M collections. Additionally, we analyze information bearing on the extinction date of I. portoricensis and its purported utilization by humans as a food resource"--P. [1].

Subjects

Extinct mammals , Holocene , Isolobodon portoricensis , Mammals, Fossil , Paleontology , Puerto Rico , Rodents, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3278, 1999

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 42880399