Plagiodontia

Plagiodontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Capromyidae
Genus:	Plagiodontia F. Cuvier, 1836

Plagiodontia is a genus of rodent in the family Capromyidae. The name Plagiodontia means "oblique tooth" in Greek.

This genus contains the following four species (three of them extinct):

Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) F. Cuvier, 1836
† San Rafael hutia or wide-toothed hutia (Plagiodontia araeum) Ray, 1964
† Samana hutia (Plagiodontia ipnaeum) Johnson, 1948
† Plagiodontia spelaeum

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Extant species of family Capromyidae (Hutias)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha

Capromyinae

Capromys	Desmarest's Hutia (Capromys pilorides)

Mesocapromys	Cabrera's Hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) Eared Hutia (Mesocapromys auritus) Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Dwarf Hutia (Mesocapromys nanus)

Mysateles	Chapman's Prehensile-tailed Hutia (Mysateles gundlachi) Black-tailed Hutia (Mysateles melanurus) Isla De La Juventud Tree Hutia (Mysateles meridionalis) Prehensile-tailed Hutia (Mysateles prehensilis) Garrido's Hutia (Mysateles garridoi)

Geocapromys	Bahamian Hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami) Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii)

Plagiodontinae

Plagiodontia	Hispaniolan Hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) San Rafael Hutia (Plagiodontia araeum)

Rhizoplagiodontia	Lemke's Hutia (Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei)

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