Dasyprocta prymnolopha

Wagler, 1831

Black-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

Wagler, J.G. 1831. Beyträge von Wagler zur Sippe Dasyprocta Illig. Isis von Oken 1831:617-622.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513001

Original name as described

Dasyprocta prymnolopha

Type locality

"Habitat in Guyana." Corrected by E. A. Goeldi and G. Hagmann in 1903 to "foz do Amazonas, Pará, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001224

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 prymnolopha

Wagler, 1831

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

prymnolopha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

619

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513001

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Wagler (1831:619, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27513001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68630)
  2. Murray (1866:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Fitzinger (1867:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  4. Vieira (1953:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61587)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Woods (1993:782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  7. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6286/22198296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasyprocta nigriclunis

Osgood, 1915

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

nigriclunis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:20746

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f4866fbd-86df-4cdc-befd-95c205d4b873

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2643054

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

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