Hexolobodon phenax

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CAPROMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Hexolobodon phenax

Species Authority:

Miller, 1929

Common Name/s:

English

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Imposter Hutia

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Turvey, S. & Helgen, K.

Evaluator/s:

McKnight, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority)

Justification:
Listed as Extinct. The species is known from recent fossil deposits which also contain rats, suggesting that it persisted until the modern era and that the extinction followed the arrival of European settlers.

History:

1996

–

Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was known from Hispaniola.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Dominican Republic; Haiti

Population [top]

Population:	Extinct.

Population:

Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Not known.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Not known.

Major Threat(s):

Not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Citation:	Turvey, S. & Helgen, K. 2008. Hexolobodon phenax. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 November 2009.
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