San Felipe Hutia

San Felipe Hutia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Capromyidae
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species: M. sanfelipensis
Binomial name
Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
(Varona & Garrido, 1970)

The San Felipe Hutia (Mesocapromys sanfelipensis), also known as the Little Earth Hutia, formerly found in Cuba, is listed on the 2008 IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, Possibly Extinct.[2]

References

  1. ^ Soy, J. & Silva, G. (2008). Mesocapromys sanfelipensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
  2. ^ IUCN Red List reveals world’s mammals in crisis