Dasyprocta mexicana is found in tropical southern Mexico and Cuba. The native distribution of D. mexicana includes parts of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Campeche, and Chiapas, Mexico. Dasyprocta mexicana was introduced to Pinar del Rio, Sierra de los Organos, and Sierra Cristal, Holguin, Cuba sometime during the 1930s. While it has been established in western Cuba since 1967, as of 2009 no recent sightings exist from eastern Cuba. Localities with sightings between 1990 and 2008 include San Diego de los Banos, Guanahacabibes, and Soroa, Cuba. (Alvarez Del Toro, 1977; Alvarez, 1963; Borroto-Paez, 2009; Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2001; Reid, 2009; Saussure, 1860; Wilson and Reeder, 2005)

 

Biogeographic Regions: Nearctic; Nearctic :: Native; Neotropical; Neotropical :: Introduced; Neotropical :: Native