Dasyprocta ruatanica

O. Thomas, 1901

Roatan Island 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. 1901-10-01. New insular forms of Nasua and Dasyprocta. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(46):271-273.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980328

Original name as described

Dasyprocta ruatanica

Other common names

Ruatan Island Agouti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1886.10.8.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8db9ba07-e980-4a6f-be71-f277812fb813

Type locality

"Ruatan Island, Bay of Honduras."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Honduras

Taxonomy notes

likely included under punctata based on recent mtDNA molecular data, although this same study indicates that punctata 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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001226

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 ruatanica

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Dasyproctidae

Root name

ruatanica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.10.8.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8db9ba07-e980-4a6f-be71-f277812fb813

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980328

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:577) (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 #6287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6287/22198054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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