Cuban Coney

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Cuban Coney
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Capromyidae Genus: Geocapromys Species: G. columbianus
Binomial name
Geocapromys columbianus (J. Fischer, 1829)

The Cuban Coney (Geocapromys columbianus) was a species of rodent in the Capromyidae family. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats were subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rocky areas. Some scientists indicate that this species went extinct in the Holocene while others indicate that it may have survived and coexisted with introduced species from the Old World until approximately 1500.^[1]

[edit] Source

• Gippoliti, S. 2002. Geocapromys columbianus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.