Plagiodontia
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Plagiodontia is a genus
of rodent
in the Capromyidae family
. The name Plagiodontia means "oblique tooth" in Greek.
This genus contains the following four species (three of them extincted):
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the Capromyidae family
Family
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. The name Plagiodontia means "oblique tooth" in Greek.
This genus contains the following four species (three of them extincted):
- † Samana HutiaSamana HutiaThe Samana Hutia is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is now extinct....
(Plagiodontia ipnaeum) Johnson, 1948 - Hispaniolan HutiaHispaniolan HutiaThe Hispaniolan Hutia is one of several hutia species to have inhabited at some time the island of Hispaniola . The P...
(Plagiodontia aedium) F. Cuvier, 1836 - † Jutía araeum Ray, 1964
- † Plagiodontia spelaeum