Biology:Crested agouti
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Crested agouti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dasyproctidae |
| Genus: | Dasyprocta |
| Species: | D. cristata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyprocta cristata (Desmarest, 1816)
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The crested agouti (Dasyprocta cristata) is a species of rodent in the family Dasyproctidae. It is endemic to Guyana and Suriname.[1] Its taxonomic status is uncertain and it may be synonymous with Dasyprocta leporina, leading the IUCN to rate it as Data Deficient.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Bonvicino, C.; Weksler, M. (2008). "Dasyprocta cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6280/0. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400227.
Wikidata ☰ Q1770388 entry
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