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674:(Mesocapromys sanfelipensis)
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728:(Geocapromys ingrahami)
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666:(Mesocapromys nana)
656:Black-tailed hutia
611:(Capromys garridoi)
387:Geocapromys brownii
304:St. Thomas Parishes
224:Geocapromys brownii
200:Geocapromys brownii
51:Conservation status
1162:Mammals of Jamaica
762:Hispaniolan hutia
617:Desmarest's hutia
443:Anderson, Sidney.
336:endangered species
322:mammals. As night
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511:Echimyidae
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267:Description
261:Capromyinae
239:, rat-like
169:Geocapromys
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590:Capromyini
572:Echimyidae
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461:2014-04-22
367:References
292:G. brownii
237:endangered
208:J. Fischer
158:Capromyini
148:Echimyidae
66:Endangered
686:Mysateles
524:Kingdom:
361:precocial
320:nocturnal
281:hypsodont
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526:Animalia
506:(Hutias)
324:foragers
302:and the
300:Portland
277:incisors
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128:Mammalia
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