Indian hutias
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Capromyidae
Subfamily : Isolobodontinae
Genus : Isolobodon
Facts about the genus Isolobodon, the Indian hutias
Isolobodon is a common element in Puerto Rican Amerindian middens, but is not yet known from non-cultural sites on that island. (Full text)
A third extinct rodent from Porto Rico, Isolobodon, is nearly related to Plagiodontia, an extinct or almost extinct rodent of Hayti, and more distantly to the hutias (Capromys) still living in Cuba and Jamaica. (Full text)
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