''Isolobodon'' is an
extinct genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...
in the subfamily
Capromyinae
Hutias (known in Spanish as jutÃa) are moderately large cavy-like rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae that inhabit the Caribbean islands, with most species restricted to Cuba and Hispaniola. Twenty species of hutia have been identified, but at ...
.
It contains the following species:
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Montane hutia (''Isolobodon montanus'')
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Puerto Rican hutia (''Isolobodon portoricensis'')
Hutias
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen
Holocene extinctions
Extinct rodents
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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