| Black-tailed Hutia | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Capromyidae |
| Genus: | Mesocapromys |
| Species: | M. melanurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesocapromys melanurus (Poey, 1865) |
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| Synonyms | |
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arboricolus Kratochvíl, Rodriguez, & Barus, 1978 |
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The Black-tailed Hutia or Bushy-tailed Hutia (Mysateles melanurus) is a species of rodent in the Capromyidae family that is endemic to lowland moist forests on the island of Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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