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Hutia
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Hutias (known in Spanish as jutía) are moderately large cavy-like rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae that inhabit the Caribbean islands. Most species are restricted to Cuba, but species are known from all of the Greater Antilles, as well as the Bahamas and (formerly) Little Swan Island off of Honduras.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hystricognathi
- Image
- Capromys pilorides.jpg
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- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Capromyidae
- Commons category
- Capromyidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Hutias
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- Capromyidae
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- temporal range start
- Early Miocene
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Hutias (known in Spanish as jutía) are moderately large cavy-like rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae that inhabit the Caribbean islands. Most species are restricted to Cuba, but species are known from all of the Greater Antilles, as well as the Bahamas and (formerly) Little Swan Island off of Honduras.
Twenty species of hutia have been identified, but at least half are extinct. Only Desmarest's hutia and the prehensile-tailed hutia remain common and widespread; all other extant species are considered threatened by the IUCN.
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