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Dasyproctidae Bonaparte 1838
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Description
Family DASYPROCTIDAE
(AGOUTIS AND ACOUCHYYS)
• Rabbitsized rodents, with coarse pelage, long limbs, short or vestigial tails, clawed and padded feet, and reduced number of toes on hindlimbs from five to three.
• 35-80 cm.
• Neotropical Region.
• Tropical forested areas, brush lands, dry forests, and savannas.
• 2 genera, 13 species, 15 taxa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Dasyproctidae, pp. 440-461 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 440, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6595219
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bonaparte
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Dasyproctidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dasyproctidae Bonaparte, 1838 sec. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier, 2016