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Some facts about the
Brown's hutia
Adult weight : 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 14 years
Female maturity :365 days
Gestation : 123 days
Litter size : 2
Litters per year : 2
Interval between litters : 168 days
Basal metabolic rate : 4 W
Body mass : 2.456 kg (5.4032 lbs)
Temperature : 35.85 °C (96.53 °F)
Brown's hutia
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Capromyidae
Subfamily : Capromyinae
Species : Geocapromys brownii
The Brown's hutia, indian coney, jamaican hutia is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Habitats
Forest, Karst and Other Subterranean Hydrological Systems (inland), Rocky areas (eg inland cliffs, mountain peaks), Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland and Wetlands (inland)
Facts about the Brown's hutia
Appearance The Coney, or Jamaican Hutia(Geocapromys brownii) is similar to guinea pigs. (Full text)
The Jamaican Hutia (Geocapromys brownii) is the closest (Full text)
Jamaica's only endemic terrestrial mammal, the Jamaican Hutia or Coney (Geocapromys brownii), is found in Hellshire and Portland Ridge where it is less hunted than elsewhere. (Full text)
The sole remaining extant native mammal of Jamaica, the Jamaican hutia (Geocapromys brownii), is found mostly in the remote mountainous regions of eastern, central and southern Jamaica where it is threatened by hunting pressure and habitat loss. (Full text)
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