Cabrera's hutia
Scientific classification Edit this 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 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.

References

  1. Kennerley, R.; Turvey, S.T.; Young, R.; Borotto-Páez, R. (2020). "Mesocapromys angelcabrerai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13215A22186284. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T13215A22186284.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. IUCN (2017-02-08). "Mesocapromys angelcabrerai: Kennerley, R., Turvey, S.T., Young, R. & Borotto-Páez, R.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T13215A22186284". doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2020-2.rlts.t13215a22186284.en. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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