Dasyprocta guamara

Ojasti, 1972

Guamara 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

Ojasti, J. 1972. Revisión preliminar de los picures o agutíes de Venezuela (Rodentia, Dasyproctidae). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 33(93):159-204.

Original name as described

Dasyprocta guamara

Other common names

Orinoco Agouti

Type material

EBRG 2149

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Caño Araguabisi, Territorio Delta Amacuro, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001219

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 guamara

Ojasti, 1972

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

guamara

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBRG 2149

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6282/22197960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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