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What (who) is hutia - definition

FAMILY OF MAMMALS
Capromyidae; Capromyinae; Hutias; Plagiodontini; Capromyini

hutia         
[h?'ti:?]
¦ noun a Caribbean rodent resembling a cavy, with short legs and tail. [Family Capromyidae: several species.]
Origin
C16: from Sp., from Taino huti, cuti.
Archipiélago de Sabana hutia         
SPECIES OF MAMMAL
Archipiélago de Sabana Hutia; Archipielago de Sabana Hutia; Capromys gundlachianus; Capromys pilorides gundlachianus
The Archipiélago de Sabana hutia (Capromys pilorides gundlachianus) is a subspecies of the Desmarest's hutia endemic to the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago of Cuba.
Plate-toothed giant hutia         
SPECIES OF MAMMAL (FOSSIL)
Elasmodontomys obliquus; Elasmodontomys
The plate-toothed giant hutia (Elasmodontomys obliquus) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Heptaxodontidae. It is the only species within the genus Elasmodontomys.

Wikipedia

Hutia

Hutias (known in Spanish as jutía) are moderately large cavy-like rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae that inhabit the Caribbean islands. Most species are restricted to Cuba, but species are known from all of the Greater Antilles, as well as The Bahamas and (formerly) Little Swan Island off of Honduras.

Twenty species of hutia have been identified, but at least half are extinct. Only Desmarest's hutia and the prehensile-tailed hutia remain common and widespread; all other extant species are considered threatened by the IUCN.

The extinct giant hutias of the family Heptaxodontidae also inhabited the Caribbean, but are not thought to be closely related, with the giant hutias belonging in the superfamily Chinchilloidea.