Hungry for hutia? Humans' taste for this Bahamian rodent shaped its diversity over 1,000 years -- an example of how what we like to eat can chart the course of a species. The Bahamian hutia, a large ...
BAINOA, Cuba — Some people keep guinea pigs or hamsters as pets. But in Cuba, where a larger, more exotic rodent runs wild, Ana Pedraza and her husband prefer the hutia. With a rope-like tail and long ...
Geocapromys ingrahami, the Bahamian hutia, flourished on the islands for millennia, but today, only one population of remains. Ancient DNA reveals a human side to the hutia's story: Indigenous people ...
Ian Fleming’s famous fictional spy is renowned for being a bit of a love rat. But now a real rodent has been discovered on the island of Hispaniola and it has been named James Bond's hutia - or ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a curious case study in how human food preferences can drive biodiversity, sometimes shaping ...
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