Chapman's prehensile-tailed hutia
Chapman's prehensile-tailed hutia or Gundlach's hutia (Mysateles prehensilis gundlachi) is a subspecies of the prehensile-tailed hutia in the family Capromyidae. It is endemic to lowland moist forests on the island of Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Chapman's prehensile-tailed hutia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Capromyidae |
Tribe: | Capromyini |
Genus: | Mysateles |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | M. p. gundlachi |
Trinomial name | |
Mysateles prehensilis gundlachi (Chapman, 1901) | |
Synonyms | |
Mysateles gundlachi |
Taxonomy
It was previously considered its own species, as Mystales gundlachi.[2]
References
- Soy, J. & Silva, G. (2008). "Mysateles gundlachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=584874#null
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