Desmarest's hutia
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Desmarest's hutia or the Cuban hutia is a stout, furry, rat-like mammal found only on Cuba and nearby islands. Growing to about 60 cm, it normally lives in pairs and feeds on leaves, fruit, bark and s
Demarest's hutia
Desmarest's hutia shelters in thick mangroves
Desmarest's hutia in zoo
Echimyidae
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Echimyidae is the family of Neotropical spiny rats and their fossil relatives. This is the most species-rich family of hystricognath rodents. It is probably also the most ecologically diverse, with me
Desmarest's hutia
…Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Rodentia Family: Echimyidae Subfamily: Capromyinae Tribe: Capromyini Genus: Capromys Species: C. pilorides Binomial name Capromys pilorides Say, 1822 Subspecies C. p. pilorides…
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