Dasyprocta mexicana

de Saussure, 1860

Mexican 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

Saussure, H.L.F. de. 1860-02. Note sur quelques Mammifères du Mexique. Deuxième article. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)12(2):53-57.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264343

Original name as described

Dasyprocta mexicana

Other common names

Mexican Black Agouti

Type material

MHNG 483.90, MHNG 507.36, MHNG 563.59

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Mexico, probably Veracruz (= "hot zone of Mexico").

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic · Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001223

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 mexicana

de Saussure, 1860

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

mexicana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 483.90, MHNG 507.36, MHNG 563.59

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264343

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. True (1885:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:576, 577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6285/22198164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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