Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai), recorded as Critically Endangered
Cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Cabrera's hutia

Mesocapromys angelcabrerai

Cabrera's hutia is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Mesocapromys angelcabrerai
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Rodentia · Capromyidae · Mesocapromys

The rodent

Cabrera's hutia is a rodent in the family Capromyidae (order Rodentia) — Mesocapromys angelcabrerai.

Range and habitat

Cabrera's hutia 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.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Cabrera's hutia is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Cabrera's hutia, Wikidata item Q856877. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of San Felipe hutia (Mesocapromys sanfelipensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

San Felipe hutia

Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Cabrera's hutia?
Cabrera's hutia is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba.
What is the conservation status of Cabrera's hutia?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Mesocapromys angelcabrerai. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Cabrera's hutia live?
It lives in communal shelters in swamps and coastal mangrove forests, and is threatened by habitat loss.
Why is Cabrera's hutia in crisis?
Cabrera's hutia is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Mesocapromys angelcabrerai?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Cabrera's hutia a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.