Dasyprocta kalinowskii

O. Thomas, 1897

Kalinowski's 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. 1897-08-01. Descriptions of four new South-American mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(116):218-221.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213674

Original name as described

Dasyprocta Kalinowskii

Other common names

Kalinowski Agouti

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Idma, Valley of Santa Ana, Cuzco, Peru. Alt. 4600 feet."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

likely included under D. fuliginosa (or D. variegata) 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001221

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 Kalinowskii

O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

kalinowskii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19213674

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (2016:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6283/22197680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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