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Dasyprocta cristata

Description

Dasyprocta cristata (E. Geoffroy 1803)

[Dasyprocta] cristata (E. Geoffroy 1803), Cat. Mamm. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 165.

Type Locality: Suriname.

Vernacular Names: Crested Agouti.

Distribution: Guianas.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: May be synonymous with leporina; see Husson (1978:464-466) and Hershkovitz (1972b:311-341). Not recognized by Emmons and Feer (1997) or Eisenberg (1989).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Dasyproctidae, pp. 1556-1559 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1557, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Dasyproctidae
Genus
Dasyprocta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
E. Geoffroy
Species
cristata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dasyprocta cristata (Geoffroy, 1803) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.
  • Husson, A. M. 1978. The mammals of Suriname. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 569 pp., 160 pls.
  • Hershkovitz, P. 1972 b. The recent mammals of the Neotropical region: A zoogeographic and ecological review. Pp. 311 - 431, in Evolution, mammals and southern continents (A. Keast, F. C. Erk, and B. Glass, eds.). State University of New York Press, Albany, 543 pp.
  • Emmons, L. H., and F. Feer. 1997. Neotropical rainforest mammals. A field guide. Second edition, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 307 pp., 36 pls.
  • Eisenberg, J. F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The northern Neotropics, vol. 1, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 449 pp.