| Prehensile-tailed 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 |
| Genus: | Mysateles Lesson, 1842 |
| Species: | M. prehensilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mysateles prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824)
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M. p. prehensilis (Poeppig, 1824) | |
The prehensile-tailed hutia (Mysateles prehensilis) is a small, furry, rat-like mammal found only in forests on Cuba. It is the only member of the genus Mysateles. It climbs and lives in trees where it eats only leaves, and it is threatened by habitat loss.[1] The prehensile-tailed hutia is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
- ^ a b Soy, J.; Silva, G. (2008). "Mysateles prehensilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T14258A4427189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14258A4427189.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.