| 词条 | Puerto Rican hutia |
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| name = Puerto Rican hutia | image = | status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | genus = Isolobodon | species = portoricensis | authority = Allen, 1916 | synonyms = }} The Puerto Rican hutia (Isolobodon portoricensis) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican hutia was a vital food source for the Amerindians for many years. With being hunted by Arawak Indians, they continued to survive until the arrival of early European explorers. Christopher Columbus and his crew are believed to have eaten the species upon their arrival. The species declined following European colonization of the West Indies. It is unclear whether it survived after facing threats from the early introduction of black rats (Rattus rattus) by the first European settlers around 1500, although it may have been finally wiped out by introduced mongooses in the nineteenth or early 20th century. Although commonly regarded as extinct, some researchers hold out hopes that the species still survives in undisturbed refuges.[2] Sources1. ^{{Cite journal | author = Turvey, S. | author2 = Dávalos, L. | last-author-amp = yes | title = Isolobodon portoricensis | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2008 | page = e.T10860A3223144 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2008 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10860/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10860A3223144.en | access-date = 12 January 2018}} {{Portal|Puerto Rico|Biology}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q1767062}}{{PuertoRico-stub}}{{rodent-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=32|title= Puerto Rican Hutia (Isolobodon portoricensis)}} 7 : Isolobodon|EDGE species|Extinct animals of the United States|Extinct animals of Haiti|Rodent extinctions since 1500|Mammals described in 1916|Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
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