Cuban coney [SEP] parent taxon
Cuban coney
The Cuban coney (Geocapromys columbianus) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was endemic to Cuba.
Its natural habitats were lowlands moist forests, xeric shrublands and rocky areas. Some scientists indicate that this species may have survived and coexisted with introduced species from the Old World until approximately 1500, while others indicate that it became extinct earlier in the Holocene.
Sources.
- Gippoliti, S. 2002.
2018: 2 Sep – 30 Oct, "New Acquisitions", Alan Klotz Gallery (US)
- 2015/16: 20 Nov – 13 Mar, "Forever Coney: Photographs from the Brooklyn Museum Collection", Brooklyn Museum of Art (US)
- 2007: 12 Jul – 28 Aug, "Alida Fish, Harry Lapow, Robert Richfield", Alan Klotz Gallery (US)
- 2002: July 11, Coney Island Beach People: photographs by Harry Lapow, Klotz/Sirmon Gallery, 511 West 25th