Little Swan Island hutia
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phylum | Chordata | The Little Swan Island hutia(Geocapromys thoracatus) is an extinct species of rodent that lived on the Swan Islands, off north-eastern Hondurasin 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.
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class | Mammalia | |
infraclass | Eutheria | |
order | Rodentia | |
family | Capromyidae | |
genus | Geocapromys | |
species | G. thoracatus |