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Dasyproctidae
Taxonomy
Dasyproctidae was named by Gray (1825). It is extant. Its type is Dasyprocta.
It was assigned to Glires by Bonaparte (1850); to Simplicidentata by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Myomorpha by Hay (1902); to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959) and Carroll (1988); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Cavioidea by Lavocat (1976), Patterson and Wood (1982), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Vucetich et al. (2010) and Upham and Patterson (2015).
It was assigned to Glires by Bonaparte (1850); to Simplicidentata by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Myomorpha by Hay (1902); to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959) and Carroll (1988); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Cavioidea by Lavocat (1976), Patterson and Wood (1982), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Vucetich et al. (2010) and Upham and Patterson (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Dasyproctidae Gray |
| 1850 | Dasyproctidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1891 | Dasyproctidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 1898 | Dasyproctidae Gadow p. 43 |
| 1902 | Dasyproctidae Hay p. 734 |
| 1958 | Dasyproctidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1959 | Dasyproctidae Wood and Patterson |
| 1976 | Dasyproctidae Lavocat |
| 1982 | Dasyproctidae Patterson and Wood |
| 1988 | Dasyproctidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Dasyproctidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Dasyproctidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Dasyproctidae Huchon and Douzery p. 247 |
| 2010 | Dasyproctidae Kramarz et al. |
| 2010 | Dasyproctidae Vucetich et al. |
| 2015 | Dasyproctidae Upham and Patterson |
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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.
Fm. Dasyproctidae Gray 1825
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G. †Alloiomys Vucetich 1977
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†Alloiomys friasensis Kraglievich 1930
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Invalid names: Alloiomys pattersoni Vucetich 1979 [synonym]
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]
G. †Microscleromys Walton 1990
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†Microscleromys cribriphilus Walton 1990
†Microscleromys paradoxalis Walton 1990
G. Myoprocta Thomas 1903 [acouchi]
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Myoprocta acouchy Erxleben 1777 [red acouchi]
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Invalid names: Dasyprocta exilis Wagler 1831 [synonym], Dasyprocta leptura Wagner 1844 [synonym]
Myoprocta milleri Allen 1913
Myoprocta pratti Pocock 1913 [green acouchi]
Myoprocta pratti limanus Thomas 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Walton 1997 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Holocene or 29.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma
Collections (39 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rupelian | Argentina (Chubut) | Dasyproctidae indet. (176201) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia | Dasyproctidae indet. (95688) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Australoprocta fleaglei (27311 145897 176270) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Australoprocta fleaglei (89093) | |
| Friasian | Chile | Alloiomys friasensis (176666) | |
| Langhian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Alloiomys sp. (92113) | |
| Langhian | Chile (Bío Bío) | D. sp. (140091) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Argentina (Chubut) | Alloiomys sp. (215594 215595) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquén) | Alloiomys friasensis (207561) Dasyproctidae indet., Alloiomys sp. (141175) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Río Negro) | Dasyproctidae indet. (140691) | |
| Serravallian | Peru (San Martin) | Microscleromys sp., Microscleromys paradoxalis, Microscleromys cribriphilus (230802) | |
| Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | Mesoprocta hypsodus (38071) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Microscleromys jacobsi (194496) Microscleromys paradoxalis (142428) Microscleromys paradoxalis, Microscleromys cribriphilus (141257 186683) | |
| Laventan - Mayoan | Colombia | Microscleromys sp. (13741) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Dasyproctidae indet. (55602) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | Dasyproctidae indet. (176162) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil | Dasyproctidae indet. (57989) | |
| Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Dasyprocta azarae (140474) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Espirito Santo) | Dasyprocta azarae (71293) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Dasyprocta sp. (211822) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Ceará) | Dasyprocta sp. (107828) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Dasyprocta sp. (147815) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piauí) | Dasyprocta sp. (211632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Dasyprocta sp. (211821) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Dasyprocta sp. (71331 71335) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Dasyprocta agouti (21686) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Pará) | Dasyprocta sp. (211490) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Dasyprocta variegata, Myoprocta pratti (21689) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Dasyprocta aguti (71269) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Dasyprocta punctata (21691) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Dasyprocta leporina, Myoprocta acouchy (21687) |