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	Capromyidae Skulls
		There are thirty-three species in the family Capromyidae, found throughout Central and South America.
		Currently one species, the nutria, is found by introduction in the southeastern United States.
		Members of Capromyidae may be terrestrial or semi-aquatic and their diets consist of vegetation and small animals.
	www.skullsunlimited.com /Capromyidae.htm (140 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Caribbean - Unique and Threated Biodiversity
		This includes two endemic rodent families: Solenodontidae and Capromyidae.
		The Capromyidae includes 20 species of rodents, known locally as hutias, which are prized for their meat and threatened by hunting, habitat loss and invasive species.
		The region hosts 15 endemic genera, including the fruit-eating bat genus Brachyphylla, with two species.
	www.conservation.org /xp/Hotspots/caribbean/biodiversity.xml (1301 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		There has also been controversy regarding the placement under hystricomorphs.
		Thus, Lowery (1974) placed nutrias in the family Capromyidae.
		The most recent review by Wilson and Reeder (1992) separates nutria as the only member of the Myocastoridae.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/nutria.html (5054 words)

	MavicaNET - Hutias and Nutria (Capromyidae) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Catalog / Nature / Life / Animals (Animalia) / Mammals (Mammalia) / Gnawing mammals (Rodentia) / Gnawing mammals (Rodentia): taxonomy / Hutias and Nutria (Capromyidae)
		This file contains a systematic overview of Capromyidae, featuring links to books, other pages on the web about Capromyidae, pictures etc. Common names in different languages may be also available as well as a short dutch description to the taxon.
		About 20 species have been described; these are placed in 8 genera.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/eng/28714.html (169 words)

	Lemke's Hutia - educational resources
		You can submit additional web links for the Lemke's Hutia using the form below.
		ADW: Capromyidae: Classification: Genus Rhizoplagiodontia (south island hutias).
		Contact me to correct errors, submit additional links, or make comments on the Lemke's Hutia page.
	animals.mongabay.com /iucn/L/Lemke's_Hutia.html (51 words)

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