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The Hispaniolan hutia is the only living species of the genus Plagiodontia; the other two species, also native to Hispaniola, are extinct. There are two subspecies, Cuvier's hutia (P. a. aedium) and the Dominican hutia (P. a. hylaeum).
Plagiodontia is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae (hutias). All known species are endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti ). The genus name Plagiodontia means "oblique tooth", and derives from the two ancient greek words πλάγιος ( plágios ), meaning "placed sideways ...
The latter genus is the sister group to a clade in which Capromys branches off before the Mesocapromys and Mysateles split. ... Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium)
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Dominican Republic.Of the mammal species in the Dominican Republic, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, three are vulnerable, and eight are considered to be extinct.
Hyperplagiodontia araeum - wide-toothed hutia (extinct) Genus Plagiodontia. Plagiodontia aedium - Hispaniolan hutia; Plagiodontia ipnaeum - Samana hutia (extinct) Plagiodonta spelaeum - Small Haitian hutia (extinct) Genus Rhizoplagiodontia. Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei - Lemke's hutia (extinct)
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 ...
The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), also known as the agouta, [4] is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Like other solenodons, it is a venomous, insect-eating animal that lives in burrows and is active at night. It is an elusive animal and was only ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Haiti.Of the mammal species in Haiti, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, two are vulnerable, and eleven are considered to be extinct.