Mesocapromys angelcabrerai Varona 1979

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Capromyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1593-1599 : 1595

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scientific name	Mesocapromys angelcabrerai Varona 1979
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Mesocapromys angelcabrerai Varona 1979 , Poeyana, 194: 6.

Type Locality: Cuba, Ciego de Avila Prov., Cayos de Ana Maria (21 o 30’N, 78 o 40’W) GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: Cabrera's Hutia.

Distribution: Cayos de Ana Maria, Cuba.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as Capromys angelcabrerai ; IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Placed in the subgenus Pygmaeocapromys by Varona (1979:5). Reviewed by Camacho et al. (1994). Unusual among capromyines in being sexually dimorphic. There are reports of the presence of M. angelcabrerai on the coast near Jucaró, but no confirmed specimens are known. This species and M. nanus are the two smallest hutias in Cuba.