San Felipe hutia

San Felipe hutia
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
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

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

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)

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