Cabrera's hutia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Tribe: | Capromyini |
Genus: | Mesocapromys |
Species: | M. angelcabrerai |
Binomial name | |
Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979) | |
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Red: native Green: introduced |
Cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba. It lives in communal shelters in swamps and coastal mangrove forests, and is threatened by habitat loss. [2] It is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
Its species name, angelcabrerai, is in honour of Spanish zoologist Ángel Cabrera.
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