Dasyprocta leporina

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Red-rumped 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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033870

Original name as described

Mus leporinus

Other common names

Brazilian Agouti · Orange-rumped Agouti · Red-rumped Agouti

Type material

RMNH.MAM.20752.a, RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Type locality

"Habitat in Java, Sumatra." Corrected by A. M. Husson in 1978 to "forest near the boarding-school Peninika, near the confluence of the Peninika Creek and the upper Commewijnw River," Commewijnw District, Suriname.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included D. croconota and includes cristata

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001222

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 rubrata flavescens

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.9.25.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a4fbc9d9-2a18-43d7-84b4-426aa4f4720a

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336063

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta rubrata

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

rubrata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.6.7.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/728baccf-77b5-40d2-823e-f43264e19959

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336062

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta lucifer

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

lucifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.12.1.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3221af0c-3e84-4114-adaa-14f7d1312251

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368042

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta aguti lunaris

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

lunaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.7.43

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/61628ac8-6add-4241-b8e3-b4f89153a0a9

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18593593

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dasyprocta noblei

G. M. Allen, 1914

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

noblei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:15936

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:15936

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12808595

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Cavia cristata

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1897

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)

Mus leporinus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

leporina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.20752.a, RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033870

Authority publication

Stockholm

Mus Aguti

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

aguti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.20752.a, RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946276

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

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

Cavia Acuti

(Pallas, 1766)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

acuti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

RMNH.MAM.20752.a, RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.20752.b

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43320990

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

Cuvier (1816:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)

Dasyprocta lucifer cayennae

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cayennae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

492

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19368043

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cavia Aguti

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

aguti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873150

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)

Cavia leporina

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

leporina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873152

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Fischer (1814:viii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Dasyprocta Aguti

Illiger, 1815

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

aguti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lesson (1842:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Chloromys acuti

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

acuti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207767

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Chloromys cristatus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cristatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207767

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Chloromys cristata

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Dasyprocta cristata

Lesson, 1842

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cristata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

103

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Dasyprocta leporina

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

leporina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

576

Authority publication

Lawrence

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 (2016:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/89497102/22197762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasyprocta leporina albida

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

albida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta leporina cayana

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta leporina fulvus

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta leporina leporina

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

leporina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta leporina lunaris

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

lunaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta leporina noblei

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

noblei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Cavia bicolor

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230067

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Cavia Agouti

(Brongniart, 1792)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

agouti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45494949

Authority publication

Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris

Cavia Aguti cunicularis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cunicularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

217

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664241

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Mus Pilorides fulvus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

fulva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664251

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Agouti Cayanus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

cayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033416

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Cavia Acuti

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

acuti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080970

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta S. acuty

Oken, 1816

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

acuty

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

823

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375570

Authority publication

Jena

dasyprocta acuti

A. G. Desmarest, 1822

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

acuti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521801

Authority publication

Paris

Dasyprocta albida

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

albida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324288

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dasyprocta antillensis

P. L. Sclater, 1875

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

antillensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

666

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502873

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Dasyprocta agutti

C. O. da C. Vieira, 1953

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

agutti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Arquivos de zoologia do estado de São Paulo

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