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Dasyprocta (agouti)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae

Taxonomy
Dasyprocta was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant. It is the type genus of Dasyproctidae.

It was assigned to Subungulata by Illiger (1811); and to Dasyproctidae by Salles et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Dasyprocta Illiger p. 93
2006Dasyprocta Salles et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyDasyproctidaeGray 1825
genusDasyprocta

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Dasyprocta Illiger 1811 [agouti]
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Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus 1758 [red-rumped agouti]
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Invalid names: Mus aguti Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Dasyprocta punctata Gray 1842 [Central American agouti]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available