Mysateles garridoi, Varona, 1970
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Garrido Tree Hutia
Mysateles garridoi View in CoL
French: Hutia de Garrido / German: Garrido-Langschwanzhutia / Spanish: Jutia de Garrido
Other common names: Garrido's Hutia
Taxonomy. Mysateles garridoi Varona, 1970 View in CoL ,
“Cayo Maja, junto al extremo noroccidental de north-western extremity of Cayo Largo, Banco de los Jardines y Jardinillos, Archipiélago de los Canarreos,” Cuba.
Mysateles garridoi was previously included in the genus Capromys . Monotypic.
Distribution. NW Cayo Largo del Sur, Canarreos Archipelago (off SW Cuba). View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 350 mm, tail 215 mm; weight 1.2-1.3 kg. Because the skin of the Garrido Tree Hutia was lost and there was only one specimen,very little is known about its external features. It was described to have a darker pelt, blackish plantar pads, and blackish genital skin compared with Desmarest’s Hutia ( Capromys pilorides ). Cranial morphology of the Garrido Tree Hutia is close to Desmarest’s Hutia, and size of its skull and braincase is between Desmarest’s Hutia and the Prehensiletailed Hutia ( Mysateles prehensilis ).
Habitat. There is no information available for this species.
Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Critically Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Garrido Tree Hutia seems to be distinct from other species of Mysateles , but there is no information aboutits habitats and even uncertainty aboutits type locality. In 1971, O. H. Garrido described distinct excrement pellets of the Garrido Tree Hutia, and in 2012, R. Borroto and colleagues found similar pellets from Cayo Largo del Sur. Additional systematic and ecological studies of the Garrido Tree Hutia are required to confirm its current conservation status.
Bibliography. Borroto (2002), Borroto & Woods (2012a), Borroto, Camacho & Ramos (1992), Borroto, Mancina et al. (2012), Garrido (1971), Varona (1970), Woods (1989), Woods et al. (2001).
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