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
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

  1. Soy, J. & Silva, G. (2008). "Mysateles gundlachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=584874#null


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