Plagiodontia

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Plagiodontia Rank Genus		Family Capromyidae Phylum Chordata Order Rodent
Lower classifications Hispaniolan hutia, Samana hutia

Curiositas plagiodontia ipnaeum 24 12 2016

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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