Dasyproctidae, Bonaparte, 1838

Voss, Robert S., Fleck, David W. & Jansa, Sharon A., 2019, Mammalian Diversity And Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru Part 5. Rodents, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2024 (466), pp. 1-180 : 102

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5414895

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scientific name

Dasyproctidae
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Dasyproctidae View in CoL

Dasyproctids include two genera of large, diurnal, terrestrial frugivorous/granivorous rodents: agoutis ( Dasyprocta ) and acouchies ( Myoprocta ). Whereas agoutis are found in rainforest and dry forests from Mexico to northern Argentina, acouchies are only found in Amazonian rainforest. Apparently, no more than one species of each genus is found in any local Amazonian fauna, and the Yavarí-Ucayali interfluve is no exception.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Dasyproctidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Dasyproctidae

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