Isla De La Juventud tree hutia
Species of rodent
| Isla De La Juventud tree hutia | |
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Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Tribe: | Capromyini |
| Genus: | Mysateles |
| Species: | M. prehensilis |
| Subspecies: | M. p. meridionalis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Mysateles prehensilis meridionalis (Varona, 1986) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Mysateles meridionalis | |
The Isla De La Juventud tree hutia or southern hutia (Mysateles prehensilis meridionalis) is a subspecies of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It is endemic to lowland moist forests on Isla de la Juventud in Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss and is considered Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
It was formerly considered its own species, but phylogenetic analysis indicates that it is a subspecies of the prehensile-tailed hutia (M. prehensilis).[2][3]
References
- ^ Soy, J.; Borroto, R. & Silva, G. (2008). "Mysateles meridionalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) [dead link]
- ^ Turvey, Samuel T; Kennerley, Rosalind J; Nuñez-Miño, Jose M; Young, Richard P (2017-07-29). "The Last Survivors: current status and conservation of the non-volant land mammals of the insular Caribbean". Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (4): 918–936. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw154. ISSN 0022-2372.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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Extant species of subfamily Capromyinae (Hutias) (formerly Capromyidae) in the family Echimyidae (Spiny rats)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Hystricomorpha
- Infraorder: Hystricognathi
- Parvorder: Caviomorpha
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