Dasyprocta coibae

O. Thomas, 1902

Coiban Agouti

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Cavioidea
Family : Dasyproctidae
Genus : Dasyprocta

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1902. On some mammals from Coiba Island, off the west coast of Panama. Novitates Zoologicae 9:135-137.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3268530

Original name as described

Dasyprocta coibae

Other common names

Coiba Island Agouti

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Panama, Coiba Island."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001216

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dasyprocta coibae

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

coibae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3268530

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6279/22198343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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