Little Swan Island hutia
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| phylum | Chordata | The Little Swan Island hutia(Geocapromys thoracatus) is an extinct species of rodent that lived on the Swan Islands, off north-eastern Hondurasin the Caribbean. It was a slow-moving, guinea-pig-like rodent and probably emerged from caves and limestone crevices to forage on bark, small twigs and leaves.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Rodentia | |
| family | Capromyidae | |
| genus | Geocapromys | |
| species | G. thoracatus |
