Cabrera's hutia (Redirected from Mesocapromys angelcabrerai)

Cabrera's hutia
Mesocapromys angelcabrerai.jpg
Scientific classification
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 coastal mangrove forests, and is threatened by habitat loss. 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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