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Cuban Small Hutias
Mesocapromys
Mesocapromys is a genus of rodent in the family Capromyidae. The genus is restricted to Cuba and associated islands.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Black-tailed Hutia
speciesMesocapromys melanurus

Cabrera's Hutia
speciesMesocapromys angelcabrerai
Eared Hutia
speciesMesocapromys auritus
Dwarf Hutia
speciesMesocapromys nana

Little Earth Hutia
speciesMesocapromys sanfelipensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43763.