Talk:Heptaxodontidae

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

Giant hutia → Heptaxodontidae – 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-- Kev min  § 16:09, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support per nom. --SilverTiger12 (talk) 22:58, 20 September 2021 (UTC)