Wide-toothed hutia

The wide-toothed hutia (Plagiodontia araeum) is an extinct species of hutia that was native to Hispaniola.

Wide-toothed hutia
Temporal range: Late Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Capromyidae
Tribe: Plagiodontini
Genus: Plagiodontia
Species:
P. araeum
Binomial name
Plagiodontia araeum
(Ray, 1964)

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