Little Swan Island hutia
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The Little Swan Island hutia is an extinct species of rodent that lived on Little Swan Island, off northeastern Honduras in the Caribbean. It was a slow-moving, guinea-pig-like rodent and probably eme
Geocapromys thoracatus
Jamaican coney
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The Jamaican coney, also known as the Jamaican hutia or Brown's hutia, is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the island of Jamaica. About the size of a rabbit, it lives in group nests
Little Swan Island hutia
…guinea-pig-like rodent and probably emerged from caves and limestone crevices to forage on bark, small twigs and leaves. It may have been a subspecies of the Jamaican hutia (Geocapromys browni), whose ancestors were carried to the island from Jamaica, 5,000–7,000 years ago. It was fairly common in the early 20th century…
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