Family

Dasyproctidae

7 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Dasyproctidae

Dasyprocta punctata Gray, 1842

Dasyprocta punctata, the Central American agouti, is a Dasyproctidae agouti species with a broad range in the Americas, not considered threatened.

Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure, 1860

Dasyprocta mexicana, the Mexican agouti, is a medium-sized rodent native to Mexican lowlands and introduced to Cuba.

Dasyprocta fuliginosa Wagler, 1832

Dasyprocta fuliginosa (black agouti) is a rodent found in northwestern South America with described physical, distributional and reproductive traits.

Dasyprocta ruatanica Thomas, 1901

Dasyprocta ruatanica is a smaller agouti species found only on Roatán island, distinct from Central American agoutis.

Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein, 1823

Azara's agouti is a Dasyproctidae agouti found in South America, listed as vulnerable in Argentina.

Dasyprocta variegata Goldman, 1913

Dasyprocta variegata, the brown agouti, is a distinct agouti species native to western South America.

Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dasyprocta leporina, the red-rumped agouti, is a distinctively colored rodent native to northeastern South America and the Caribbean.

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