Large-eared Hutia vs lime prickly-ash

Mesocapromys auritus compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Hutia	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Capromyidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Mesocapromys	Zanthoxylum
Species	Mesocapromys auritus	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Large-eared Hutia

EN — Endangered

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Hutia	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Hutia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.