| 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) | |
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 coastalmangrove forests, and is threatened byhabitat loss.[2] It is a member of thehutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group ofrodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
Its species name,angelcabrerai, is in honour of Spanish zoologistÁngel Cabrera.
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