Mammals Of Haiti
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Haiti. Of the mammal species in Haiti, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, two are vulnerable, and eleven are considered to be extinct. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) ---- Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. *Family: Trichechidae **Genus: ''Trichechus'' *** West Indian manatee, ''T. manatus'' presence uncertain Order: Rodentia (rodents) ---- Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to . *Suborder: Hystricognathi **Family: Capr ...
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Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration."Haiti"
''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Haiti is in size, the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it the most populous country in the Caribb ...
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Hispaniolan Hutia
The Hispaniolan hutia (''Plagiodontia aedium'') is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal endemic to forests on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic). It lives in burrows or trees, and is active at night when it feeds on roots and fruits. A member of the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), it is endangered from habitat loss and introduced species, such as rats or mongoose. The Hispaniolan hutia is the only living species of the genus ''Plagiodontia''; the other two species, also native to Hispaniola, are extinct. There are two subspecies, Cuvier's hutia (''P. a. aedium'') and the Dominican hutia (''P. a. hylaeum''). Though many mammals were once native to the island, only the Hispaniolan hutia and the shrew-like Hispaniolan solenodon, which shares the same forest habitat, are alive today. Name The genus name ''Plagiodontia'' means "oblique tooth" in Greek, referring to its teeth. The common name "hutia" comes, via Spanish ''jutía'', fro ...
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Heptaxodontidae
Heptaxodontidae, rarely called giant hutia, is an extinct family of large rodents known from fossil and subfossil material found in the West Indies. One species, ''Amblyrhiza inundata'', is estimated to have weighed between , reaching the weight of an eastern gorilla. This is twice as large as the capybara, the largest rodent living today, but still much smaller than ''Josephoartigasia monesi'', the largest rodent known. These animals were probably used as a food source by the pre-Columbian peoples of the Caribbean. Heptaxodontidae contains no living species and the grouping seems to be paraphyletic and arbitrary, however. One of the smaller species, ''Quemisia gravis'', may have survived as late as when the Spanish began to colonize the Caribbean. Despite the vernacular name, heptaxodontids are not closely related to the extant hutias of the family Echimyidae; Heptaxodontids are thought to be more closely related to the chinchillas. Taxonomy Heptaxodontidae is divided into ...
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Imposter Hutia
The imposter hutia (''Hexolobodon phenax'') is an extinct species of rodent in the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae). It is the only species in the genus ''Hexolobodon'' and tribe Hexolobodontini. It was found only on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and went extinct sometime after European colonization in the 1500s. History The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus ''Rattus ''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') ...'', which suggests that the imposter hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to predation from introduced rodents. References Hutias Rodent extinctions since 1500 Mammals described in 1929 Extinct rodents Mammals of Hispaniola Ma ...
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Hexolobodon
The imposter hutia (''Hexolobodon phenax'') is an extinct species of rodent in the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae). It is the only species in the genus ''Hexolobodon'' and tribe Hexolobodontini. It was found only on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and went extinct sometime after European colonization in the 1500s. History The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus ''Rattus ''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') ...'', which suggests that the imposter hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to predation from introduced rodents. References Hutias Rodent extinctions since 1500 Mammals described in 1929 Extinct rodents Mammals of Hispaniola M ...
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Hexolobodontinae
The imposter hutia (''Hexolobodon phenax'') is an extinct species of rodent in the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae). It is the only species in the genus ''Hexolobodon'' and tribe Hexolobodontini. It was found only on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and went extinct sometime after European colonization in the 1500s. History The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus ''Rattus ''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') ...'', which suggests that the imposter hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to predation from introduced rodents. References Hutias Rodent extinctions since 1500 Mammals described in 1929 Extinct rodents Mammals of Hispaniola Ma ...
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Puerto Rican Hutia
The Puerto Rican hutia (''Isolobodon portoricensis'') is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was found on Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Gonâve Island; it was introduced to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. History The Puerto Rican hutia was believed to be a vital food source for the Taíno for many years; despite this, they continued to survive until the arrival of early European explorers. Christopher Columbus and his crew are believed to have eaten the species upon their arrival. The species declined following European colonization of the West Indies. It is unclear whether it survived after facing threats from the early introduction of black rats (''Rattus rattus'') by the first European settlers around 1500, although it may have been finally wiped out by introduced small Indian mongoose The small Indian mongoose (''Urva auropunctata'') is a mongoose species native to Iraq and northern South Asia; it has also been intr ...
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Montane Hutia
The montane hutia (''Isolobodon montanus'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). History The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus ''Rattus ''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') ...'', which suggests that the montane hutia survived until the time of European colonization of the island, and may have gone extinct due to competition from introduced rodents. References Isolobodon Rodent extinctions since 1500 Mammals of Hispaniola Mammals of the Dominican Republic Mammals of Haiti Mammals of the Caribbean Extinct animals of Haiti Extinct animals of the Dominican Republic Mammals described in 1922 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot { ...
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Isolobodon
''Isolobodon'' is an extinct genus of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae Hutias (known in Spanish as jutía) 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 a ...

Isolobodontinae
''Isolobodon'' is an extinct genus of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It contains the following species: * Montane hutia (''Isolobodon montanus'') * Puerto Rican hutia The Puerto Rican hutia (''Isolobodon portoricensis'') is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was found on Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Gonâve Island; it was introduced to the Virgin Islands ... (''Isolobodon portoricensis'') Hutias Rodent genera Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen Holocene extinctions Extinct rodents Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{rodent-stub ...
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Lemke's Hutia
Lemke's hutia (''Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei'') is an extinct species of rodent in the subfamily Capromyinae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Rhizoplagiodontia''. It was endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...s. It is thought to have gone extinct after European colonization of the islands. References Hutias Extinct rodents Mammals of Haiti Mammals of the Dominican Republic Mammals of the Caribbean Extinct animals of the Dominican Republic Extinct animals of Haiti Holocene extinctions Rodent extinctions since 1500 Mammals described in 1989 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN [Baidu]