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Some facts about the
Bahamian hutia
Adult weight : 0.66 kg (1.452 lbs)
Female maturity :730 days
Male maturity : 730 days
Gestation : 117 days
Weaning : 53 days
Litter size : 1
Interval between litters : 325 days
Weight at birth : 0.08 kg (0.176 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.25 kg (0.55 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 1 W
Body mass : 0.775 kg (1.705 lbs)
Temperature : 35.85 °C (96.53 °F)
Bahamian hutia
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Capromyidae
Subfamily : Capromyinae
Species : Geocapromys ingrahami
The Bahamian hutia, ingraham's 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, Rocky areas (eg inland cliffs, mountain peaks), Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland and Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland
Facts about the Bahamian hutia
Bahamian HutiaThe Bahamian hutia (Geocapromys ingrahami) is found only on a single island in the Atlantic Ocean, called East Plana Cay. (Full text)
The Bahamas Hutia - Geocapromys ingrahami, is a herbivorouss rodent until recently only found on remote East Plana Cay. (Full text)