Little Swan Island hutia
| Little Swan Island 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
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| Genus: | Geocapromys |
| Species: | †G. thoracatus
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| †Geocapromys thoracatus (F. W. True, 1888)
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The Little Swan Island hutia (Geocapromys thoracatus) is an
crevices to forage on bark, small twigs and leaves.Taxonomy
It may have been a subspecies of the
hurricane (Hurricane Janet) in 1955, followed by the introduction of house cats
to the island.
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- A Gap in Nature by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten (2001), published by William Heinemann
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