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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Capromyidae
--> SUBFAMILY Capromyinae
--> GENUS Mesocapromys
SPECIES Mesocapromys angelcabrerai
| Author: | Varona, 1979. | | Citation: | Poeyana, 194: 6. | | Common Name: | Cabrera’s Hutia | | Type Locality: | Cuba, Ciego de Avila Prov., Cayos de Ana Maria (21o30’N, 78o40’W). | | Distribution: | Cayos de Ana Maria, Cuba. | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered as Capromys angelcabrerai; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Placed in the subgenus Pygmaeocapromys by Varona (1979:5). Reviewed by Camacho et al. (1994). Unusual among capromyines in being sexually dimorphic. There are reports of the presence of M. angelcabrerai on the coast near Jucaró, but no confirmed specimens are known. This species and M. nanus are the two smallest hutias in Cuba. |
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