Cabrera's hutia

Cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba.

It lives in communal shelters in swamps and coastal mangrove forests, and is threatened by habitat loss.

[2] It is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.

Its species name, angelcabrerai, is in honour of Spanish zoologist Ángel Cabrera.

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