Prehensile-tailed hutia

Prehensile-tailed hutia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Capromyidae
Tribe:Capromyini
Genus:Mysateles
Species: M. prehensilis
Binomial name
Mysateles prehensilis
(Poeppig, 1824)

The prehensile-tailed hutia (Mysateles prehensilis) is a species of rodent in the family Capromyidae endemic to Cuba. It is an arboreal foliovore, found in both primary and secondary forest.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 34 and FN = 54-56.[2]

The species is listed as Near threatened on the IUCN Red List. Although locally common in some areas, it is in decline and is threatened by deforestation and habitat fragmentation.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Soy, J. & Silva, G. (2008). "Mysateles prehensilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T14258A4427189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14258A4427189.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1597. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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