Cabrera's hutia
Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979)
CRCritically Endangeredrodents
The cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) is a species in the family Echimyidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 470 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.
Quick facts about the cabrera's hutia
- Weight
- 470 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the cabrera's hutia live?
Not recorded
What is the cabrera's hutia?
Cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal found only in Cuba. It lives in communal shelters in swamps and coastal mangrove forests, and is threatened by habitat loss. It is a member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
Its species name, angelcabrerai, is in honour of Spanish zoologist Ángel Cabrera.
From the Wikipedia article “Cabrera's hutia” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cabrera%27s_hutia&oldid=1346286665), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the cabrera's hutia endangered?
The cabrera's hutia is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Critically Endangered species. What the categories mean.
How is the cabrera's hutia classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyEchimyidae
- genusMesocapromys
- SpeciesMesocapromys angelcabrerai (Varona, 1979)
Synonyms Capromys angelcabrerai
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Cabrera s hutiaEnglish
- Cabrera’s hutiaEnglish
- hutia CabrerovaCzech
- Jutia conguinaSpanish
- Jutía conguinaSpanish
- anamarianhutiaFinnish
- カブレラフチアJapanese
- CabrerabeverrotteNorwegian Bokmål
- CabrerahutiaDutch
- skrytohutia namorzynowaPolish
- Hutia-de-CabreraPortuguese
Relatives of the cabrera's hutia
Other species in the same genus Mesocapromys.
Dwarf hutia
Mesocapromys nanus
San Felipe hutia
Mesocapromys sanfelipensis
Black-tailed hutia
Mesocapromys melanurus
Eared hutia
Mesocapromys auritus
CompareCabrera's hutia vs Dwarf hutiaCabrera's hutia vs San Felipe hutiaCabrera's hutia vs Black-tailed hutiaCabrera's hutia vs Eared hutia
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cabrera's hutia?
An adult cabrera's hutia weighs 470 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the cabrera's hutia endangered?
The cabrera's hutia is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the cabrera's hutia?
The cabrera's hutia (Mesocapromys angelcabrerai) belongs to the family Echimyidae in the order Rodentia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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