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The prehensile-tailed hutia (Mysateles prehensilis) is a small, furry, rat-like mammal found only in forests on Cuba.It is the only member of the genus Mysateles.It climbs and lives in trees where it eats only leaves, and it is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
Only Desmarest's hutia and the prehensile-tailed hutia remain common and widespread; all other extant species are considered threatened by the IUCN. The extinct giant hutias of the family Heptaxodontidae also inhabited the Caribbean, but are not thought to be closely related, with the giant hutias belonging in the superfamily Chinchilloidea .
Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides), a member of a rodent family known only from the Caribbean.. The Caribbean region is home to a diverse and largely endemic rodent fauna. . This includes the endemic family Capromyidae (hutias), which are largely limited to the Greater Antilles, and two other groups of endemic hystricognaths, the heteropsomyines and giant hutias, including the extinct bear ...
Northern blue whale (1 subpopulation) Marsupials There are 41 marsupial species assessed as near threatened. ... Prehensile-tailed hutia; Moon-toothed degu; Pacific ...
Cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) Eared hutia (Mesocapromys auritus) Black-tailed hutia (Mesocapromys melanurus) Dwarf hutia (Mesocapromys nana) San Felipe hutia (Mesocapromys sanfelipensis)
They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti. Family: Balaenopteridae (baleen whales) Family: Balaenidae. Genus: Eubalaena. North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena ...
Dwarf hutia, Mesocapromys nana [9] CR; San Felipe hutia, Mesocapromys sanfelipensis CR; Prehensile-tailed hutia, Mysateles prehensilis [9] NT and: [n 3] Isla De La Juventud tree hutia, Mysateles prehensilis meridionalis; Hispaniolan hutia, Plagiodontia aedium CR or: [n 5] Small Haitian hutia, Plagiodontia spelaeum (E) [9] Samaná hutia ...
Mesocapromys auritus - eared hutia; Mesocapromys melanurus - black-tailed hutia; Mesocapromys nanus - dwarf hutia (possibly extinct) Mesocapromys sanfelipensis - San Felipe hutia (possibly extinct) Genus Mysateles. Mysateles prehensilis - prehensile-tailed hutia M. p. gundlachi - Gundlach's hutia; M. p. meridionalis - Isla De La Juventud tree ...