Back هوتيا القزم ARZ Omayrol (Mesocapromys nanus) AVK Mesocapromys nanus Bulgarian Mesocapromys nanus Catalan Mesocapromys nanus CEB Mesocapromys nanus Spanish Mesocapromys nanus Basque هوتیای کوتوله Persian Kääpiöhutia Finnish Mesocapromys nanus French
| Dwarf hutia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Tribe: | Capromyini |
| Genus: | Mesocapromys |
| Species: | M. nana
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| Mesocapromys nana (G. M. Allen, 1917)
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The dwarf hutia (Mesocapromys nana) is a small, critically endangered, rat-like mammal known only from Cuba.[2] Aside from tracks, it was last seen in 1937 and may be extinct.[1] It gives birth to only a single offspring at a time, and is threatened by habitat loss and non-native species such as rats and mongoose. The dwarf hutia belongs to the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae), a group of rodents native to the Caribbean that are mostly endangered or extinct.
- ^ a b Young, R.; Kennerley, R.; Turvey, S.T.; Borotto-Páez, R. (2020) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Mesocapromys nanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T13217A166518354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T13217A166518354.en. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.