Prehensile-tailed hutia: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the prehensile-tailed hutia lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Mysateles prehensilis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Echimyidae

Where does the prehensile-tailed hutia live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the prehensile-tailed hutia in 1 country or territory across North America.

Cuba

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the prehensile-tailed hutia endangered?

The prehensile-tailed hutia’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the prehensile-tailed hutia?

The prehensile-tailed hutia (Mysateles prehensilis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Echimyidae, genus Mysateles. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the prehensile-tailed hutia

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. 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Prehensile-tailed hutia (revision 1379928292), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q4862701 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).