Little Swan Island hutia

Little Swan Island hutia

Extinct (1955)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Tribe: Capromyini
Genus: Geocapromys
Species:
G. thoracatus
Binomial name
Geocapromys thoracatus
(F. W. True, 1888)

The Little Swan Island hutia (Geocapromys thoracatus) is an extinct species of rodent that lived on Little Swan Island, off northeastern Honduras in the Caribbean. It was a slow-moving, guinea-pig-like rodent and probably emerged from caves and limestone crevices to forage on bark, small twigs and leaves.

  1. ^ Turvey, S.T.; Helgen, K. (2018). "Geocapromys thoracatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T9003A22186735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T9003A22186735.en. Retrieved 11 November 2022.