Dasyprocta fuliginosa
Wagler, 1832
Black Agouti
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Cavioidea |
| Family | : Dasyproctidae |
| Genus | : Dasyprocta |
Species status
Authority citation
Wagler, J.G. 1832. Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Säugthiere und Vögel. Isis von Oken 1832(11):1218-1235.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26455529Original name as described
Dasyprocta fuliginosa
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
"habitat in Brasilia versus flumen Amazonum." Restricted by J. A. Allen in 1915 to "Villa de Borba" Rio Madeira, Amazonas, Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru
Taxonomy notes
may include kalinowskii based on recent mtDNA molecular data, although this same study indicates that fuliginosa likely represents a species complex and until further studies address this further using nuclear data, no taxonomic change will be made here
Taxonomy notes citation
Ruiz-García, M., Cáceres, A. M., Luengas-Villamil, K., Aliaga-Rossel, E., Zeballos, H., Singh, M. D., & Shostell, J. M. (2022). Mitogenomic phylogenetics and population genetics of several taxa of agouties (Dasyprocta sp., Dasyproctidae, Rodentia): molecular nonexistence of some claimed endemic taxa. Mammal Research, 1-31.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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