The eared hutia or large-eared hutia (''Mesocapromys auritus'') is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the Caribbean island of

Cayo Fragoso Cayo Fragoso is an island off the north coast of Cuba. It has a total area of 101 square kilometers and belongs to the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago, and administratively belongs to the municipality of Caibarién, Villa Clara Province.

, off the north coast of Cuba. It lives in coastal mangrove forests and swamps, and is threatened by habitat loss. It is a member of the

hutia 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 at ...

subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of

rodents Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the 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 rodents. They are nat ...

native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.

References

Hutias Mesocapromys Mammals of Cuba Hutia, Eared Mammals described in 1970 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Cuba {{rodent-stub