Hydrochoerus gaylordi

Hydrochoerus gaylordi is an extinct species of capybara that lived in Grenada. This species was found in 1991 by Ronald Singer and his colleagues. The species was named after Joseph Gaylord as an acknowledgment of Singer.[1]

Hydrochoerus gaylordi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Genus: Hydrochoerus
Species:
H. gaylordi
Binomial name
Hydrochoerus gaylordi
MacPhee et al., 2000

References

  1. MacPhee, RDE; Singer, R (2000). Late Cenozoic land mammals from Grenada.


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