Studies in Central America have shown that animals, like hutia, are attracted to gardens because they offer choice foods. |
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This nocturnal hutia feeds on roots, bark, shoots, fruit, and foliage of many different plants. |
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It was said to be slightly larger than a hutia and was a source of food for natives. |
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I wonder if I could get some smoked hutia at a botanica around here. |
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The authors said the IUCN lists one other mammal that was driven to extinction, partly by extreme weather – the Little Swan Island hutia – but introduced cats on the island were considered the main driver of extinction. |
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The relatively undisturbed nature of the forest has enabled the survival of several endangered species of fauna, such as the hutia and solenodon, and of many endemics of the island of Hispañola. |
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