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I thought Quemisia is a Capromyidae, but I'm not really sure. Ucucha 16:25, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Woods (1993) in Wilson and Reeder, Woods (1989), and Nowak (1999 citing Woods) all list it as a heptaxodontid. I think some sources might not recognize Heptaxodontidae as a distinct family and subsume them in the Capromyidae. Woods's argument was that there isn't the evidence to suggest that they weren't the result of a separate invasion and the two families are very distinct. I think much of it derives from the number and arrangement of premolars. --Aranae 05:34, Apr 3, 2005 (UTC)
I know, but Mikko's Phylogeny Archive lists it under Capromyidae, apparently citing McKenna & Bell. Ucucha 05:48, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
McKenna and Bell do list Quemisia as a capromyid. Woods notes that it is the most capromyid-like of the giant hutias. Please feel free to modify this if you feel the evidence warrants it. --Aranae 18:18, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

Clidomys

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Another thing: Duff & Lawson (2004, Mammals of the World: a checklist) synonymized Clidomys parvus under C. osborni "per D. MacFarlane pers. comm." Ucucha 05:52, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

No idea here either. Two species known from a few skulls from the same island seems like a good candidate for merging. --Aranae 18:18, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

I've contacted Mr. McFarlane. I'll ask him these two things. Ucucha 13:19, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Request move to Heptaxodontidae

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Heptaxodontidae. No such user (talk) 12:39, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]


Giant hutiaHeptaxodontidae – There are only 34 hits for "giant hutia", but over 150 for Heptaxodontidae in G.scholar. The made up vernacular is much less used by experts then Heptaxodontidae and WP:COMMON/WP:FAUNA dictate using the most oft used unambiguous term--Kevmin § 16:09, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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