San Felipe hutia

San Felipe hutia

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Capromyidae
Genus: Mesocapromys
Species: M. sanfelipensis
Binomial name
Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
(Varona & Garrido, 1970)

The San Felipe hutia (Mesocapromys sanfelipensis), also known as the little earth hutia, formerly found in Cuba, is listed on the 2008 IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, Possibly Extinct.[2]

References

  1. Soy, J. & Silva, G. (2008). Mesocapromys sanfelipensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. IUCN Red List reveals world’s mammals in crisis
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