| Cabrera's hutia | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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. 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
- 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.
- 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.
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| Extant species of subfamily Capromyinae (Hutias) (formerly Capromyidae) in the family Echimyidae (Spiny rats) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Mesocapromys angelcabrerai | |
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