Mesocapromys Varona, 1970. Poeyana, 73:8. TYPE SPECIES: Capromys (Mesocapromys) auritus Varona, 1970. SYNONYMS: Paracapromys, Pygmaeocapromys, Stenocapromys. COMMENTS: Original use of name was as a subgenus, which was elevated to a genus by Kratochvil et al. (1978:15). All members of this genus are small (less than 1 kg), and construct large nests made of sticks, unlike Mysateles.

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Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 801, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083