| Jamaican coney | |
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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: | Geocapromys |
| Species: | G. brownii
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| Binomial name | |
| Geocapromys brownii (J. Fischer, 1829)
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The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), also known as the Jamaican hutia or Brown's hutia, is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the island of Jamaica. About the size of a rabbit, it lives in group nests and is active at night to feed on fruit, bark, and other plant matter. It is currently endangered by habitat loss, hunting, and non-native species; it persists only in remote mountains.[1] The Jamaican coney belongs to the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae) and is the only surviving native mammal on Jamaica other than bats.
- ^ a b Kennerley, R.; Turvey, S.T.; Young, R. (2018). "Geocapromys brownii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T9001A22186569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T9001A22186569.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.