Little Swan Island hutia
Extinct species of rodent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Little Swan Island hutia (Geocapromys thoracatus) is an extinct species of rodent that lived on Little Swan Island, off northeastern Honduras in the Caribbean. It was a slow-moving, guinea-pig-like rodent and probably emerged from caves and limestone crevices to forage on bark, small twigs and leaves.
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Little Swan Island hutia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Echimyidae |
Tribe: | Capromyini |
Genus: | Geocapromys |
Species: | †G. thoracatus |
Binomial name | |
†Geocapromys thoracatus (F. W. True, 1888) | |
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