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Brazilian Agouti
Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Dasyproctidae - agoutis and acuchis

Scientific synonyms

Dasyprocta aguti
Mus aguti
Mus leporinus

Other names

= Golden Agouti
= Golden-rumped Agouti
= Orange-rumped Agouti

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IUCN category:Least Concern

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Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina - Brazilian Agouti

Author: Klaus Rudloff
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Taxon in country check-lists

Brazil, Dominican Republici, French Guiana, Grenadai, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Ocelot

food: Bactris balanophora Spruce, Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 8

subspecies Dasyprocta leporina albida Gray, 1842
subspecies Dasyprocta leporina cayana Lacépède, 1802
subspecies Dasyprocta leporina croconota Wagler, 1831
subspecies Dasyprocta leporina fulvus Kerr, 1792
subspecies Dasyprocta leporina leporina Linnaeus, 1758
subspecies Dasyprocta leporina lunaris Thomas, 1917
subspecies Dasyprocta leporina maraxica Thomas, 1923
subspecies Dasyprocta leporina noblei Allen, 1914

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [6284] [as Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus, 1758]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)]
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