San Felipe hutia
| San Felipe hutia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Tribe: | Capromyini |
| Genus: | Mesocapromys |
| Species: | M. sanfelipensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (Varona & Garrido, 1970)
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Capromys sanfelipensis | |
The San Felipe hutia (Mesocapromys sanfelipensis), also known as the little earth hutia, is small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found on the small island of Cayo de Juan Garcia off the southwest coast of Cuba. It was discovered in 1970 and is possibly extinct.[2] Little is known about the species, except that it lives in swamps and coastal mangrove forests.[3] It is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of stout rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
The San Felipe hutia lives on Cayo de Juan Garcia and possibly adjacent islands, part of the Cayos de San Felipe located west of Isla de la Juventud.
References
- ^ Kennerley, R.; Turvey, S.T.; Young, R.; Borotto-Páez, R. (2019). "Mesocapromys sanfelipensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13218A22186444. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13218A22186444.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Proposed Endangered Status for 8 Foreign Mammals. US Fish and Wildlife Service. Federal register vol. 50, issue 207. Page 43421. October 1985. [1]
- ^ Kennerley, R., Turvey, S.T., Young, R. & Borotto-Páez, R. 2019. Mesocapromys sanfelipensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13218A22186444. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13218A22186444.en. Accessed on 18 August 2022.
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