Dasyprocta Illiger 1811

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Dasyproctidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1556-1559 : 1556

Dasyprocta Illiger 1811

Dasyprocta Illiger 1811 , Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 93.

Type Species: Mus aguti Linnaeus 1766

Synonyms: Chloromys Lesson 1927 ; Cloromis Cuvier 1812 ; Mamdasyproctaus Herrera 1899 .

Species and subspecies: 11 species with 29 subspecies:

Species Dasyprocta azarae Lichtenstein 1823

Species Dasyprocta coibae Thomas 1902

Species Dasyprocta cristata (E. Geoffroy 1803)

Species Dasyprocta fuliginosa Wagler 1832

Subspecies Dasyprocta fuliginosa subsp. fuliginosa Wagler 1832

Subspecies Dasyprocta fuliginosa subsp. candelensis J. A. Allen 1915

Species Dasyprocta guamara Ojasti 1972

Species Dasyprocta kalinowskii Thomas 1897

Species Dasyprocta leporina ( Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. leporina Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. albida Gray 1842

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. cayana Lacépède 1802

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. croconota Wagler 1831

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. fulvus Kerr 1792

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. lunaris Thomas 1917

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. maraxica Thomas 1923

Subspecies Dasyprocta leporina subsp. noblei Allen 1914

Species Dasyprocta mexicana Saussure 1860

Species Dasyprocta prymnolopha Wagler 1831

Species Dasyprocta punctata Gray 1842

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. punctata Gray 1842

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. bellula Kellogg 1946

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. boliviae Thomas 1917

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. callida Bang 1901

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. chiapensis Goldman 1913

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. chocoensis Allen 1915

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. columbiana Bangs 1898

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. dariensis Goldman 1913

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. isthmica Alston 1876

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. nuchalis Goldman 1917

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. pallidiventris Bole 1937

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. pandora Thomas 1917

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. richmondi Goldman 1917

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. underwoodi Goldman 1931

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. urucuma Allen 1915

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. variegata Tschudi 1845

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. yucatanica Goldman 1913

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. yungarum Thomas 1910

Subspecies Dasyprocta punctata subsp. zamorae Allen 1915

Species Dasyprocta ruatanica Thomas 1901

Discussion: This group is in need of revision, and many of the species are questionable and based on geographic distribution at this time.