Imposter hutia
Extinct species of rodent
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The imposter hutia (Hexolobodon phenax) is an extinct species of rodent in the hutia subfamily (Capromyinae). It is the only species in the genus Hexolobodon and tribe Hexolobodontini. It was found only on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and went extinct sometime after European colonization in the 1500s.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Echimyidae |
| Subfamily: | Capromyinae |
| Tribe: | †Hexolobodontini Woods, 1989 |
| Genus: | †Hexolobodon Miller, 1929 |
| Species: | †H. phenax |
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| †Hexolobodon phenax Miller, 1929 | |
