Chapman's Prehensile-tailed Hutia

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Chapman's Prehensile-tailed Hutia
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Capromyidae Genus: Mysateles Species: M. gundlachi
Binomial name
Mysateles gundlachi (Chapman, 1901)

The Chapman's Prehensile-tailed Hutia or Gundlach's Hutia (Mysateles gundlachi) is a species of rodent in the Capromyidae family. It is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Baillie, J. 1996. Mysateles gundlachi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v • d • e Extant species of family Capromyidae (Hutias) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Hystricomorpha · Infraorder: Hystricognathi · Parvorder: Caviomorpha Capromyinae Capromys Desmarest's Hutia (Capromys pilorides) Mesocapromys Cabrera's Hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) · Eared Hutia (Mesocapromys auritus) · Mesocapromys sanfelipensis · Dwarf Hutia (Mesocapromys nanus) Mysateles Chapman's Prehensile-tailed Hutia (Mysateles gundlachi) · Black-tailed Hutia (Mysateles melanurus) · Isla De La Juventud Tree Hutia (Mysateles meridionalis) · Prehensile-tailed Hutia (Mysateles prehensilis) · Garrido's Hutia (Mysateles garridoi) Geocapromys Bahamian Hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami) · Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii) Plagiodontinae Plagiodontia Hispaniolan Hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) · San Rafael Hutia (Plagiodontia araeum) Rhizoplagiodontia Lemke's Hutia (Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei) Category