Cabrera's hutia
(Redirected from Mesocapromys angelcabrerai)
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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.[1] 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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