Chapman's prehensile-tailed hutia
Chapman's prehensile-tailed hutia | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Capromyidae |
Genus: | Mysateles |
Species: | M. gundlachi |
Binomial name | |
Mysateles gundlachi (Chapman, 1901) | |
Chapman's prehensile-tailed hutia or Gundlach's hutia (Mysateles gundlachi) is a species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It is endemic to lowland moist forests on the island of Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Soy, J. & Silva, G. (2008). "Mysateles gundlachi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.