San Felipe hutia

San Felipe hutia

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]

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