Cabrera's hutia

Cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba. It lives in communal shelters in swamps and coastal mangrove forests, and is threatened by habitat loss.^[2] It is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.

Cabrera's hutia
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Echimyidae
Tribe:	Capromyini
Genus:	Mesocapromys
Species:	M. angelcabrerai
Binomial name
Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979)
Red: native Green: introduced

Its species name, angelcabrerai, is in honour of Spanish zoologist Ángel Cabrera.