Imposter Hutia

Imposter Hutia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Capromyidae
Subfamily: Hexolobodontinae
Woods, 1989
Genus: Hexolobodon
Miller, 1929
Species: H. phenax
Binomial name
Hexolobodon phenax
Miller, 1929

The Imposter Hutia (Hexolobodon phenax) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hexolobodon and subfamily Hexolobodontinae. It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

References

  1. ^ Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. (2008). Hexolobodon phenax. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.