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Dasyprocta leporina (red-rumped agouti)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae

Taxonomy
Mus leporinus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dasyprocta leporina by Thomas (1911) and Rausch et al. (1984).

Synonyms
  • Mus aguti was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Dasyprocta aguti by Giebel (1883) and Brumpt and Joyeux (1924); it was synonymized subjectively with Dasyprocta leporina by Rausch et al. (1984).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus leporinus Linnaeus p. 59
1766Mus aguti Linnaeus
1883Dasyprocta aguti Giebel p. 512
1911Dasyprocta leporina Thomas p. 146
1924Dasyprocta aguti Brumpt and Joyeux
1984Dasyprocta leporina Rausch et al. p. 295

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
speciesleporina()

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.

Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus 1758 [red-rumped agouti]
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Invalid names: Mus aguti Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available