Zazamys

rodent genus

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  • Bahaman hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami).
    In hutia: Classification and paleontology

    …oldest species of hutia (genus Zazamys) is represented by Cuban fossils from the early Miocene Epoch (23 to 13.8 million years ago); remains of the eight genera listed below do not date earlier than the Pleistocene Epoch (2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago). Five species of giant hutia belonging to a…

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