Jamaican hutia

E874434

The Jamaican hutia, also known as the coney, is a rare, nocturnal rodent endemic to Jamaica and considered the island’s only surviving native land mammal.

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Jamaican hutia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal ⓘ
species of rodent ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
belongsToSubfamily Capromyinae ⓘ
binomialName Geocapromys brownii ⓘ
linked to: Geocapromys
bodySize medium-sized rodent ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName Jamaican coney ⓘ
coney ⓘ
conservationAction protected in some reserves in Jamaica ⓘ
conservationConcern high ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
describedBy Edward Turner Bennett ⓘ
diet folivorous ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ
ecologicalRole seed disperser ⓘ
endemicTo Jamaica ⓘ
family Capromyidae ⓘ
genus Geocapromys ⓘ
geographicRegion Caribbean ⓘ
habitat dry forests ⓘ
karst limestone areas ⓘ
rocky limestone forests ⓘ
wet limestone forests ⓘ
hasFurColor brownish ⓘ
islandEndemic true ⓘ
IUCNStatus Endangered ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion climbing ⓘ
terrestrial ⓘ
nativeRange Jamaica ⓘ
nocturnalBehavior forages at night ⓘ
onlySurvivingNativeLandMammalOf Jamaica ⓘ
order Rodentia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Cuban hutia ⓘ
Hispaniolan hutia ⓘ
reproduction gives birth to small litters ⓘ
shelter burrows ⓘ
caves ⓘ
rock crevices ⓘ
socialBehavior lives in small family groups ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat habitat loss ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
introduced predators ⓘ
yearDescribed 1836 ⓘ

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