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	Giant hutia - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The giant hutias are an extinct group of large rodents known from fossil and subfossil material in the West Indies.
		All giant hutias are in a single family Heptaxodontidae, which contains no living species.
		The giant hutias are divided into two subfamilies, four genera, and five species.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/g/i/a/Giant_hutia.html (139 words)

	Microlivestock - Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future: Part IV : Rodents: 21 Hutia
		Hutias should be tested as possible microlivestock: success could create the incentive for their complete protection.
		Hutias are primarily vegetarian, their diets consisting of leaves, bark, fruits, and twigs, as well as incidental catches of small animals such as lizards and invertebrates.
		Hutias seem to breed year-round, generally giving birth to litters of 1-4 offspring after a gestation period of 16-20 weeks.
	sul-dl-dlib2.stanford.edu /gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0demo--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=demo&cl=CL2.1&d=HASH0102361bccb095d60673448c.7.7 (1219 words)

	* Bandicoot - (Animals): Definition
		The pig footed Bandicoot's endangerment is thought to be from the introduction of feral predators such as foxes and cats,...
		Several other rodents are popularly known as rats; among these are the bandicoot rat, the kangaroo rat, the ground rat, and the pocket rat.
		The hutia is frequently called the cane rat, and the gopher is also known as the pouched rat...
	en.mimi.hu /animals/bandicoot.html (292 words)

	Giant hutia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The giant hutias are an extinct group of large rodents known from fossil and subfossil material in the West Indies.
		All giant hutias are in a single family Heptaxodontidae, which contains no living species.
		The giant hutias are divided into two subfamilies, four genera, and five species.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heptaxodontidae (161 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Microlivestock: Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future (1991)
		Hutia The first meat Christopher Columbus tasted in the New World was probably hutia, a rodent avidly hunted by the Carib Indians.
		And hutias are, or were until recently, kept in barns by some people in Cuba, who fed them on banana and other vegetable waste and ate them regularly.
		Hutias seem to breed year-round, generally giving birth to litters of 1= offspring after a gestation period of 1~20 weeks.
	www.nap.edu /openbook.php?record_id=1831&page=251 (1498 words)

	Non U.S. Endangered Species
		E --- Antelope, giant sable (Hippotragus niger variani) --- Pac sp.
		E --- Armadillo, giant (Priodontes maximus (=giganteus)) --- Pac sp.
		E --- Hutia, Cabrera's (Capromys angelcabrerai) --- Pac sp.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/8963/species/foreign.html (5561 words)

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		Giant rats are commonly found from Senegal to Sudan, and as far south as the northern region of South Africa.
		Giant rats also kill and eat mice, insects (caterpillars, cockroaches, and locusts, for example), and probably many other small animals.3 They are particularly fond of mollusks (such as snails).
		Hutias are primarily vegetarian, their diets consisting of leaves, bark, fruits, and twigs, as well as incidental catches of small animals such as lizards and invertebrates.
	sleekfreak.ath.cx:81 /3wdev/CD3WD/AGRIC/B17MIE/B1143_7.HTM (17515 words)

	Reference Library - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hutias are cavy-like rodents that inhabits the Caribbean Islands.
		There are 20 species of hutia have been identified, and half may be extinct.
		One species of hutia is referred to by those stationed at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base as banana rats.
	www.redorbit.com /education/reference_library/mammalia/hutia/1680/index.html (153 words)

	Giant golden-crowned flying fox - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Giant golden-crowned flying fox - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Giant golden-crowned flying fox.
		The Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the Golden-capped fruit bat, is a rare fruit bat said to be the largest bat in the world.
		They were known to roost by the thousands before their decline due to destruction of habitat and reckless hunting.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Giant-golden-crowned-flying-fox.html (237 words)

	Giant Tiger - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Giant Tiger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Giant Tiger - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Giant Tiger.
		Giant Tiger Stores Limited is a Canadian discount store founded on May 13, 1961 by Gordon Reid.
		The popularity of Giant Tiger in Canada has also garned the store's affectionate nickname GT Boutique.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Giant-Tiger.html (132 words)

	Classification and paleontology (from hutia) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Classification and paleontology (from hutia) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The surviving species of hutia are short-limbed and stout and have a large head, small eyes and ears, prominent claws, and long whiskers.
		Size ranges from the rat-sized dwarf hutia (Mesocapromys nanus), with a body length of 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 inches), to the raccoon-sized Desmarest's Cuban hutia...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-226087 (985 words)

	metazoa17
		Twelve species of hutias survive only in Cuba, with the genera Geocapromys, Mesocapromys, Mysateles, and the type genus of their family, Capromys; in Jamaica and the Bahamas, again with the genus Geocapromys; and in Hispaniola, with the genus Plagiodontia.
		Some species are agile tree climbers, (though they may still sleep in underground lairs or in crevices among boulders), and indeed feed on twigs, leaves, and fruits of the plants and trees in their environment.
		The largest living species is the Cuban hutia, Capromys pilorides, which measures up to a total of 80 centimeters in length (including its 30-centimeter tail) and 7 kilograms in weight.
	www.kingsnake.com /westindian/metazoa18.html (4746 words)

	The Nature of Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In nature, one animal’s absence is another’s opportunity, which may partially explain a peculiarity of islands: disproportionate numbers of both gigantic and tiny creatures, such as the giant lizards and tortoises on some islands today, and the pygmy rhinos on Borneo.
		The giant sloth, for instance, vanished from South America roughly 11,000 years ago, presumably after being hunted to extinction, but held on another 5,000 years in Cuba.
		The Zapata wren is endangered largely because of habitat destruction, the Cuban pygmy owl because of logging, and the Cuban parrot because of a thriving illegal pet trade.
	www.kidscastle.si.edu /issues/2003/may/cuba.php?page=4 (849 words)

	Mammals of the Caribbean Region - CaribeResource.com
		Hutia (Family Capromyidae) are slow-moving, guinea-pig-like rodents, found throughout the Caribbean region but several species have become extinct through the introduction of house cats, extermination, hunted as a food source, hurricanes and loss of habitat.
		Brown's hutia (Geocapromys brownii) found on Jamaica, sometimes referred to as the Jamaican Hutia or Coney (John Crow Mountains of Portland and St. Thomas, Hellshire areas of St. Catherine, Braziletto Mountains, Clarendon and Cockpit Country).
		Garrido's Hutia (Capromys garridoi) found only on a few the islands along the coast of southern Cuba (Banco de los Jardins y Jardinillos of the Canarreos Archipelago south of the Zapata Peninsula and east of the Isla de Juventad, and Cayos Maja); Critically Endangered.
	www.cariberesource.com /ecosystem/mammals.html (2268 words)

	IngentaConnect A new genus and species of giant hutia (Tainotherium valei) from ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		IngentaConnect A new genus and species of giant hutia (Tainotherium valei) from...
		Although biogeographic and body size similarities suggest that it may be related to the Puerto Rican giant hutia Elasmodontomys, the Antillean large-bodied rodent family Heptaxodontidae is now interpreted as invalid, and it is impossible to assign Tainotherium to a particular caviomorph family in the absence of associated craniodental material.
		Tainotherium differs from other West Indian species in possessing a large femoral head, a proximally angled femoral neck, a short greater trochanter and a medially positioned lesser trochanter unconnected by an intertrochanteric crest, and a transversely flattened, anteroposteriorly bowed shaft lacking well-defined ridges.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/bsc/jzo/2006/00000270/00000004/art00005 (318 words)

	BobHarris.com - Pudu
		It was a Hutia Conga cleverly disguised as a Mara.
		Developed as an attempt to fill the notorious Cuteness Gap during the Cold War, the Hutia was a key part of the island's defenses.
		The Hutia Conga, in fact, is a large variety of rodent.
	www.bobharris.com /content/blogcategory/70/99/10/50 (1843 words)

	The Bumper Book of Lies :: short stories by Chris Bell :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Beyond the swamp, the man and the woman are swallowed by the giant tree ferns when the track disappears into the bush.
		Further along the rough path, from the banks of the estuary, they watch two girls who are not wearing life jackets paddle a wobbly open canoe towards the open sea, trying to pacify a dog that seems determined to jump overboard.
		On the return stretch, the world from the low wooden bridge over the creek is one of crusty browns and sparkling greens, the colours shimmering like the leaves of an olive tree in the stillness.
	www.chrisbell.co.nz /everything.html (1416 words)

	AMNH Bestiary
		This hutia resembled a large guinea pig, approaching six or seven pounds.
		Extinction of this species is believed to have occurred after European colonization of the West Indies, but some researchers hold out hopes that the Puerto Rican hutia survives to this day in undisturbed refuges.
		The geographic range of the extinct giant capybara (whose ancestors crossed the Panamanian landbridge only 2-3 million years previously) included Texas, Florida, and South Carolina.
	www.amnh.org /science/biodiversity/extinction/Resources/Bestiary/Rodentia.html (492 words)

	Giant Bandicoot
		Rainforest bandicoot: Microperoryctes murina; Papuan Bandicoot, Microperoryctes papuensis; Giant Bandicoot, Peroryctes broadbenti; Raffray's Bandicoot, Peroryctes...
		The First Australians: Differences can be seen in their feet: the giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti), for example, has hindfeet adapted for leaping, while the striped bandicoot...
		The giant bandicoot has hindfeet adapted for leaping, while the striped bandicoot has hindfeet adapted instead for running.
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/G/Giant_Bandicoot.shtml (427 words)

	The Nature Conservancy in Jamaica - Jamaica:: Blue and John Crow Mountains
		The Jamaican flbird, yellow-billed parrot, and ring-tailed pigeon are three of the 28 bird species found nowhere else on Earth.
		These mountains also are prime habitat for tree frogs, giant swallowtail butterflies and the Jamaican hutia (a large rodent; also called the coney), the island's only land mammal.
		The hutia is similar in size to a groundhog.
	www.nature.org /wherewework/caribbean/jamaica/work/art8665.html (391 words)

	Resources on the Jamaican Iguana from academic institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Nat'l Academies Press, Microlivestock: (1991), 21 Hutia: The best known and easiest species to keep in captivity are the Cuban hutia (`Capromys pilorides) and Jamaican hutia (Geo- capromys...
		Amphibians and Reptiles of North America:...garmani - Jamaican Giant Anole* Anolis sagrei - Brown Anole*.
		Anolis garmani, Jamaican giant anole, E, Ashton and Ashton 1990.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Jamaican_Iguana.htm (832 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		For example, the endangered Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio homerus) is mainly restricted to well developed wet forests.
		Management and recovery plans seek to mitigate adverse impacts and the destruction of habitats across the country; aim to change behaviour and educate persons on aspects of biodiversity; and identify the need for increased means of protection.
		The mongoose is believed to be the major factor for the decline and possible extinction of five endemic vertebrate’s species, a lizard (Giant Galliwasp), a snake (Black Racer), two birds (Jamaican Paruraque and Jamaican Petrel) and a mammal (Jamaican Rice Rat).
	www.jamaicachm.org.jm /nbsabj/NBSAP_draft.doc (18770 words)

	Inland eco trips
		In the first photo you can see Giant Iguanas which are now only to be found at Allens Cay in the Exumas.
		Because The Bahamas is an island nation, there are only two indigenous mammals-- the raccoon and the hutia, an endearing sort of tropical guinea-pig.
		Larger mammals introduced during colonization, such as wild donkeys, wild boars, and horses, do roam in less populous areas--and of course, whales and dolphins frequent the waters.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/androsdiver/Bahamas-ecology.htm (709 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Millbank, the last village in the chain, is the starting point for many hiking trails - some of which start by crossing the Rio Grande on a swinging bridge built by the community with the assistance of the JCDT and the Jamaica Defence Force.
		In the John Crow Mountains, the yellow-billed and fl-billed parrots may be observed as well as the fl-billed streamer-tail hummingbird which is found only in the east of the island.
		A few of the more widely recognized endemic animals are the Jamaican Hutia or Coney and the Jamaica Boa or Yellow Snake.
	www.jcdt.org /p/NPRTRioGrande.php4 (399 words)

	The Arawaks
		A favorite prey was the hutia which was a type of coney.
		Armed with clubs and carrying torches, the men would chase the hutia at night, frightening it with shouts and the flames of their torches toward a corral which they built.
		The iguana, or giant lizard, was caught by imitating its cry and then, when it opened its mouth to respond, jamming something inside its jaws to prevent its biting while they plucked it off the tree.
	www.pages.drexel.edu /~sd65/carib_history/arawaks.htm (4876 words)

	Jamaica - Jamaica:: Blue and John Crow Mountains
		The Jamaican flbird, yellow-billed parrot, and ring-tailed pigeon are three of the 28 bird species found nowhere else on Earth.
		These mountains also are prime habitat for tree frogs, giant swallowtail butterflies and the Jamaican hutia (a large rodent; also called the coney), the island's only land mammal.
		The hutia is similar in size to a groundhog.
	nature.org /wherewework/caribbean/jamaica/work/art8665.html (387 words)

	Genus Amblyrhiza or lesser Antillean giant hutia
		Pictures and facts about the Lesser Antillean giant hutia
		Facts about the genus Amblyrhiza, the lesser Antillean giant hutia
		Amblyrhiza is considered to be a last-interglacial casualty of high sea-level stands impinging on the Anguilla Bank.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Rodentia/Heptaxodontidae/Amblyrhiza/index.html (86 words)

	Knotty Mind Charters: Watersports and Activities
		Whether it's diving an untouched reef, snorkeling through the half-submerged wreck of a smuggler's plane, or landing a giant wahoo - the Knotty Mind delivers the action.
		With not one but two auxiliary boats (called tenders) the Knotty Mind can take you to more exotic and interesting places in one day than other charter boats can see in a week.
		There are many interesting "human" phenomena to explore as well: old pirate coves and camps, early settler's ruins, and for the brave at heart - Esther's haunted house on Compass Cay.
	www.knottymind.com /watersports.html (830 words)

	†Haptaxodontidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		[Hispaniola] (Hispaniolan Giant Hutia, Quemi) [treated as capromyid by McKenna and Bell, 1997] --o †Clidomyinae Woods, 1989
		osborni Anthony, 1920] (Smaller Jamaica Giant Hutia) `--o †Heptaxodontinae Anthony, 1917 [incl.
		†Amblyrhizinae Schaub, 1951] ?- †Xaymaca fulvopulvis MacPhee and Flemming, 2003 -- †Amblyrhiza inundata (Lesser Antillean Giant Hutia) `-- †Elasmodontomys obliquus (Anthony, 1916) [incl.
	www.fmnh.helsinki.fi /users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Rodentia/Hystricognatha/Haptaxodontidae.html (141 words)

	Enviro-Kids Programme at Holywell, Jamaica
		About 80 of the island's 300 bird species can be found in the area, including all 30 of the endemic species, and numerous migratory birds.
		The forest also serves as a habitat for many of the island's endemic animals such as the Jamaican Hutia (Indian Coney), the Jamaican Yellow Snake (Jamaican Boa), the Black-billed Parrot and the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, the second largest butterfly in the world.
		The forests function as important watershed areas and provide water to both rural and urban communities on the eastern end of the island including Kingston.
	www.unesco.org /csi/YV/projects/jamaica-proj.htm (638 words)

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