Garrido's hutia
| Garrido's hutia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Tribe: | Capromyini |
| Genus: | Mysateles |
| Species: | M. garridoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Mysateles garridoi (Varona, 1970)
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Garrido's hutia (Mysateles garridoi) is a critically endangered or possibly extinct species that is found in the Cuban moist forests Global 200 ecoregion.
Conservation
Its previous range is thought to have included small islands in the Banco de los Jardins y Jardinillos of Canarreos Archipelago south of Cuba's Zapata Peninsula and east of the Isle of Youth. A single animal was collected around 1970 on Cayos Maja off of south-central Cuba. In 1989, two additional animals were captured alive in keys near Cayos Maja.
References
- ^ Soy, J. & Silva, G. (2008). "Mysateles garridoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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