Imposter hutia
| Imposter hutia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Capromyinae |
| Tribe: | Hexolobodontini Woods, 1989 |
| Genus: | †Hexolobodon Miller, 1929 |
| Species: | †H. phenax
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hexolobodon phenax Miller, 1929
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The imposter hutia (Hexolobodon phenax) is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It is monotypic within the genus Hexolobodon and tribe Hexolobodontini. It was endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
History[]
The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus Rattus, which suggests that the imposter hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to predation from introduced rodents.[2]
References[]
- ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2018). "Hexolobodon phenax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T10034A22187167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T10034A22187167.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Piper, Ross. author. (2009). Extinct animals : an encyclopedia of species that have disappeared during human history. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34987-4. OCLC 268789581.
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- IUCN Red List extinct species
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- Rodent extinctions since 1500
- Mammals described in 1929
- Extinct rodents
- Mammals of Hispaniola
- Mammals of the Dominican Republic
- Mammals of Haiti
- Mammals of the Caribbean
- Extinct animals of Haiti
- Extinct animals of the Dominican Republic
- Rodent stubs