Cabrera's Hutia
Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979)
Also calledCabrera-Zwerghutia (deu) · Cabrerabeverrotte (nob) · Cabrerahutia (nld) · Hutia de Cabrera (fra) · Hutia-de-Cabrera (por) · Jutia conguina (spa) · Jutía conguina (spa) · anamarianhutia (fin) · hutia Cabrerova (ces) · skrytohutia namorzynowa (pol) · カブレラフチア (jpn)
First described in: Poeyana vol.194 p.6
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: U. S. ESA – Endangered as Capromys angelcabrerai; IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
discussion
Discussion: Placed in the subgenus Pygmaeocapromys by Varona (1979: 5). Reviewed by Camacho et al. (1994). Unusual among capromyines in being sexually dimorphic. There are reports of the presence of M. angelcabrerai on the coast near Jucaró, but no confirmed specimens are known. This species and M. nanus are the two smallest hutias in Cuba.
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Cuba, Ciego de Avila Prov., Cayos de Ana Maria (21 o 30 ’ N, 78 o 40 ’ W).
Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Placed in the subgenus Pygmaeocapromys by Varona (1979: 5). Unusual among capromyines in being sexually dimorphic. There are reports of the presence of M. angelcabrerai on the coast near Jucaró, but no confirmed specimens are known. This species and M. nanus are the two smallest hutias in Cuba.
Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Mesocapromys angelcabrerai in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437643.