Dasyprocta croconota

Wagler, 1831

Orange 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

Authority citation

Wagler, J.G. 1831. Beyträge von Wagler zur Sippe Dasyprocta Illig. Isis von Oken 1831:617-622.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513000

Original name as described

Dasyprocta croconota

Type locality

"Brasilia ad flumen Amazonum." Emended by G. E. Iack-Ximenes in 1999 to Santarém, Rio Tapajós, Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from D. leporina

Taxonomy notes citation

Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of south america, volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001217

Country distribution map

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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 croconota

Wagler, 1831

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

croconota

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

618

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513000

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Wagler (1831:618, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68630)
  2. Murray (1866:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Fitzinger (1867:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89497187/89497190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasyprocta aguti maraxica

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

maraxica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.8.9.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1cfb5217-bda9-48d9-96cd-1b3cf4fbbc7b

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dasyprocta leporina croconota

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

croconota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Dasyprocta leporina maraxica

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

maraxica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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