Dasyprocta punctata Gray 1842
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Dasyprocta punctata Gray 1842
Dasyprocta punctata Gray 1842, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 10: 264.
Type Locality: Nicaragua, Chinadega, El Realejo.
Vernacular Names: Central American Agouti.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. punctata Gray 1842
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. bellula Kellogg 1946
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. boliviae Thomas 1917
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. callida Bang 1901
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. chiapensis Goldman 1913
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. chocoensis Allen 1915
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. columbiana Bangs 1898
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. dariensis Goldman 1913
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. isthmica Alston 1876
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. nuchalis Goldman 1917
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. pallidiventris Bole 1937
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. pandora Thomas 1917
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. richmondi Goldman 1917
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. underwoodi Goldman 1931
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. urucuma Allen 1915
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. variegata Tschudi 1845
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. yucatanica Goldman 1913
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. yungarum Thomas 1910
Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. zamorae Allen 1915
Distribution: Chiapas and Yucatan Peninsula (S Mexico) to S Bolivia, N Argentina, and SE Brazil. Introduced into W and E Cuba and the Cayman Isls.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Honduras); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Includes variegata (Goldman, 1913:11); but also see Handley (1976:56) and Emmons and Feer (1997:227) who listed variegata as a distinct species. Hall (1981) recognized 11 subspecies in Central America and Cabrera (1961) recognaized 8 subspecies in South America, however, a comprehensive evaluation of geographic variation is needed. Karyotype of variegata reported as 2n=64 and FN=124 (George and Weir, 1974).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A302D97071C790E6C77A18C62FC6C6CA (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/56FA6E5C3B85B397BAFB211BA317C101 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231540437 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Gray
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Dasyproctidae
- Genus
- Dasyprocta
- Species
- punctata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dasyprocta punctata Gray, 1842 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of two new species of Mammalia discovered in Australia by Captain George Gray (Tarsipes Spenserae and Chaeropus castanotis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [ser. 1], 9: 39 - 42.
- Goldman, E. A. 1913. Descriptions of new mammals from Panama and Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 60 (22): 1 - 20.
- Alston, E. R. 1876. On the classification of the order Glires. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876: 61 - 98.
- Handley, C. O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 20: 1 - 91.
- 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.
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- George, W., and B. J. Weir. 1974. Hystricomorph chromosomes. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 34: 79 - 108.